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| quipu | group of knotted strings used by the Incas to record information |
| terraces | steplike ledges cut into mountains to make land suitable for farming |
| census | official count of people in a certain place at a certain time |
| Cuzco | capital of the Incan Empire; the word means "center" |
| Andes | mountains located in the western part of South America, these were the home to the Incas |
| Sapa Inca | name for the Incan Emperor |
| Pizarro | Spanish conquistador (conqueror) who captured the Incan Emperor and killed many of his people |
| Spanish conquistadors, their weapons, and the diseases they brought with them | Reasons for the decline of the Incan Empire |
