| A | B |
|---|
| What were the Incan rest houses called? | tampus |
| What was a chaca? | bridge |
| Whom did the roads belong to? | the government |
| Of what were pontoon bridge boats made? | reeds |
| What kind of walls did the roads have? Why? | side walls to keep out sand drifts and mark roads |
| Describe another type of Incan bridge. | basket on a cable pulled across a river |
| What was the name of the other major Incan road? | coastal highway |
| Why did the Incas build roads and bridges? | to keep the empire together |
| How many miles of Incan roads were there? | 10,000 |
| How wide were most Incan roads? | 24 feet |
| What plant fibers did the Incas weave together to make cables for their bridges? | maguey |
| What was the longest Incan road called? | Royal Road |
| What did transportation allow them to have? | fast communication between cities and villages |
| What did people need in order to use the roads? | special permission |
| Besides resting, what else could a person get at a tampus? | food |
| How long did one of the bridges last? | 540 years |
