Cusco

Learn some vocabulary first:

24 items (Quizlet)

Cusco

1. Cusco is

A) at the top
B) in the heart
C) at the bottom

of the Andes.


2. Cusco was the Capital of the

A) Inca Empire
B) Aztec Empire
C) The Nazca Empire

3. Cusco is sometimes called the

A) Rome
B) Paris
C) Tokyo

of the Americas.


4. Cusco was conquered by

A) The English
B) The Spanish
C) The Portuguese


5. The Andes are

A) The highest mountain range
B) The second Highest mountain range
C) The third highest mountain range

in the world.


6. The city was founded

A) 600 years ago
B) Less than 600 years ago
C) Over 600 years ago


7. The Incas came along

A) After
B) Before
C) At the same time as

the Parcas, Nazca and others.

8. "Cusco" / Qos'co in Quechua means

A) Earth
B) Navel
C) Navel of the Earth


9. The Inca Empire stretched from:

A) Argentina to Chile
B) Columbia to Argentina and Chile
C) Cosco to Lima


10. The Inca people

A) Paid Pizarro's ransom for their king
B) Refused to pay Pizarro's ransom king
C) Killed their own King


11. After killing Atahualpa, the Spanish

A) Made friends with the Incas
B) Tried to destroy the whole Inca civilisation
C) Went back home


12, The ancient language of Quechua is

A) still spoken throughout Peru
B) still spoken by most locals in Cusco
C) no longer spoken


13. What do the following phrases in Quechua mean?

Aliancho
Amegena caucho
Sulpaki



Discuss:

1. Was Cusco and Peru how you expected it to be?

2. Did the video make you curious to go to Peru?

3. Why do you think the Spanish tried to destroy this civilisation?





Listen once more and write the words in the order you hear them:

___conquest
_1_inhabited
___foundation
___the golden age
___precious
___slaughter
___to solidify (to make solid and strong)
___sent on a mission
___artisan
___a feast for the eyes
___altitude (height above sea level)
___artwork
___fusion
___living history

Check:

1. inhabited
2. foundation
3. conquest
4. living history
5. a feast for the eyes
6. altitude (height above sea level)
7. to solidify (to make solid and strong)
8. sent on a mission
9. artisan
10. artwork
11. The golden age
12. precious
13. slaughter
14. fusion

Practice saying these words with their syllable stress pattern

1. inhabited     oOoo
2. foundation    oOo
3. conquest    Oo
4. living history    Oo Oo
5. a feast for the eyes    oOooO
6. altitude    Ooo
7. to solidify  oOoo
8. sent on a mission    Ooo Oo
9. artisan    Ooo
10. artwork    Oo
11. The golden age    oOoO
12. precious    Oo
13. slaughter   Oo
14. fusion    Oo

 

Now match them to their synonyms

 

A) Defeat

B) Craftsperson

C) Art piece

D) A great era

E) Valuable

F) Lived in

G) Base

H) Murder

I) blending

J) Vibrant tradition

K) Height above sea level

L) To make strong or stable

M) Dispatched