The Incredible Incas:Children

of the Sun

Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

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Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

Farming Terraces- Large, flat stairs cut into the mountain for farming.

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Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

Farming Terraces- Large, flat stairs cut into the mountain for farming.

Chasquis- They were trained runners who carried messages up and down the empire.

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What are three cultural contributions from the Incas?

How would you feel if our government had total control of your life?

Why did the Incas have to create farming terraces?

How did the Incas use runners in the empire?

Think-Pair-Share

Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

Medical- Used plants to cure illness, performed blood transfusions and brain surgery, created quinine used to cure fevers

Farming Terraces- Large, flat stairs cut into the mountain for farming.

Chasquis- They were trained runners who carried messages up and down the empire.

ISN page 40:T-Chart Note-Taking

Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

Medical- Used plants to cure illness, performed blood transfusions and brain surgery, created quinine used to cure fevers

Farming Terraces- Large, flat stairs cut into the mountain for farming.

Quipu- a cord with knotted strings of various lengths tied to it. The knots represented a number of items

Chasquis- They were trained runners who carried messages up and down the empire.

ISN page 40:T-Chart Note-Taking

Inca ContributionsCULTURAL SCIENTIFIC

Government Control- Two main groups: nobles and commoners. People were told who could farm, trade, be soldiers and be married.

Medical- Used plants to cure illness, performed blood transfusions and brain surgery, created quinine used to cure fevers

Farming Terraces- Large, flat stairs cut into the mountain for farming.

Quipu- a cord with knotted strings of various lengths tied to it. The knots represented a number of items

Chasquis- They were trained runners who carried messages up and down the empire.

Roads and Waterways (Canals)-They were gifted engineers who built a huge network of roads/canals expanding 14,000 miles crisscrossing the empire

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What are three scientific contributions from the Incas?

How were they medically advanced?

Compare the math systems between the Mayan and the Incas.

What made them great engineers?

Think-Pair-Share

Reflect on your understanding of their scientific contributions, how would you rate yourself?

Mayas: How would you rate your understanding of Mayan cultural and scientific contributions? _________

Incas: How would you rate your understanding of Mayan cultural and scientific contributions? _________

Aztecs: How would you rate your understanding of Mayan cultural and scientific contributions? _________

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