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| Why might farming be the subject of religious ceremonies? | crops provided the Incas with the necessary food, yet natural forces influenced crop production greatly |
| What was the Incan name for corn? | sara |
| When did Incas sacrifice to the rain god? | after planting season |
| How did Incas irrigate their farm land? | dug canals and tunnels, built aqueducts |
| Name all the crops the Incas grew? | potatoes, corn, tomatoes, avocados, peppers, strawberries, peanuts, cashews, squash, beans, pineapples, and chocolate |
| Explain the "freeze dried" process. | The Incas would put the potatoes outside to free. Then they would trample on them to squeeze the water out. Finally they they left the potatoes out to dry in the sun. |
| What was the most important food to the ancient Incas? | potato |
| How did the Incas make more flat farm land? | Incas carved flat step-like terraces into the mountain sides. |
| Why was the most important food popular? | It would resist the frost of the region. |
| How many varieties of the most important crop were there? | 40 varieties |
| What were Incan "freeze dried" potatoes called? | chuno |
| What was corn called to many Indian tribes? | maize |
| What in the test might make you believe that the Incas designed things to last? | Irrigation and terraces are still used today. |
| How did the children help with farming? | They scared away the birds and animals that would try to eat the crops. |
| Where did the corn grow? | in the lower areas |
