The Incas [Introduction]

Essential Question: How did the Incas manage their large empire?

The Incas

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The former Inca Empire includes these modern-day countries...

• Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala

• Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina

• Canada, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba

• Domican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Mexico

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Who passed on the ideas and traditions of the Moches to the Incans?

• Chimus

• Aztecs

• Zapotecs

• Mayans

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The Incans began expanding their empire in 1438 after they were attacked by this group of people...

• Tepanecs

• Chancas

• Chimus

• Moches

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Knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Incas to record numerical information and to keep financial records...

• huacas

• chasquis

• ayllus

• quipu

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a system of runners that traveled the Inca roads as a kind of postal service, carrying messages from one end of the empire to the other.

• huacas

• chasquis

• ayllus

• quipu

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The center of the Inca Empire was the capital...

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

• Teotihuacan

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The Moches, who lived along the northern coast of Peru, did everything below EXCEPT this...

• built cities

• dug irrigation canals

• developed special classes of workers

• developed a written language

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According to one Incan legend, the people were descended from...

• the sun god, Inti

• the moon god, Khonsu

• the god of learning, Thoth

• the god of ther river, Hapi

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Who defeated the Chancas, seized the throne, and took the name "earthshaker" ?

• Manco Capac

• Topa Inca

• Yupanqui

• Sapa Inca