Grade 7 Standards guide 26
Chapter Twenty Six Standards Guide: The Incas
Key Terms
- Cuzco
- quipu
- Sapa Inca
- ayllu
- huacas
- divination
- oracle
- Chosen Women
Essential Questions
- The Inca empire spread over which modern day countries? Describe the landscape of this region.
- How did the Inca build and manage their empire?
- What were the roles and responsibilities of each social class in the Inca empire?
- In what ways was the ayllu the basis for for Inca society?
- Describe these aspects of daily life for the Incas: education, marriage, and religion.
- What strategies did the Incas use to expand their empire? What might have motivated them to expand their empire?
Standards Addressed
7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.
7.7.1 Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.
7.7.2 Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, war-fare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.
7.7.3 Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.
