USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Inca lived in the Andes Mountains in South America. Their range stretched from southern Chile through Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador and into southern Colombia. The Inca were very warlike and often attacked their neighbors to take their land.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Incas settled in the Andes Mountains for protection and safety. In order to survive and keep invaders out, the predecessors of the Incan people chose the Andes Mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Andes Mountains: The Andes Mountains, home of the Inca civilization, ran north to south. The mountains dominated Inca society. The mountain peaks were worshiped as gods. The Andes created a natural barrier between the coastal desert on one side and the jungle on the other.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inca, also spelled Inka, South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532, ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile.

Detailed explanation-5: -It crosses seven countries in South America: Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. The Incas adapted to the challenging geography of the Andes Mountains. This is how they located the capital of their enormous empire in the city of Cusco.