Andean/Inca region deep-dive with Quechua and Aymara own-voice sources
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~2 min
hist.g3.s.ex_19
Open Response
Prompt
What is a quipu used for? Describe in 2 sentences using the lesson 8 vocabulary.
How it's presented
mode
card
prompt audio ID
audio.g3s.ex 19.stem
Answer criteria
type
open response
rubric
Identifies recording/accounting/storing information via knots, color, and arrangement; can mention quipucamayocs as trained keepers; refuses the 'just decoration' misconception
Hints
- Look at MG-10 Quipu Diagram.
- The quipucamayocs were trained keepers of the system.
Misconceptions to watch
- Saying 'just decoration' (the unit refutes this - quipus are records)
- Saying 'writing on paper' (quipus are NOT paper - they are knotted cord)
Used in lessons