USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How were llamas important to the Inca?
A
Used their dung as fuel for fires
B
Meat/Food
C
Wool and for clothes
D
Transportation of goods
E
All of the Answers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Incas used their wool to make fabric, which doubled as a form of currency. The animals also provided meat and carried goods over some 25, 000 miles of Inca roads. But the Incas didn’t view llamas and their kin just as livestock. Rather, they were deeply woven into the region’s culture and spiritual beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Llamas were the Incas’ most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and acting as beasts of burden. They were also often sacrificed in large numbers to the gods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hardy animals, llamas are used to carry water, building materials, and traded goods. They also provide dung for fertilizer, wool for textiles, and meat for food. Agriculture and llama domestication supported the Incan empire and other South American and Latino cultures for centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cusi Inca Yupanqui-who soon took the title Pachacuti-became one of the Inca’s most influential rulers. His military campaigns extended the kingdom to the southern end of the Lake Titicaca Basin, and hundreds of miles north to subject the Cajamarca and Chimu kingdoms.

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