Mystery of the Inca Mummy

The children who were chosen to be sacrificed were....

• Proud.
• honored.
• believed to go and live with the gods.
• all of the above.

What is not a reason that a child was chosen as a sacrifice?

• They were beautiful.
• They were innocent.
• They were bad kids.
• They were brave.

The Inca offered young children as human sacrifices because...

• they believed the gods wanted offerings.
• the kids were bad and being punished.
• the Inca population was too big.
• they were the children of their enemies.

Sometimes things were placed in the grave where they buried the mummy, like____.

• Gold figurines, clay pottery and jewlery.
• Little cards that showed the gods.
• the weapons of the time.
• diamonds and emeralds.

The mummy of the girl was found _______.

• In a river.
• Under a tree.
• buried in the ice.
• in a pyramid.

The Ampato Girl is a________.

• Lady who lives in Ampato.
• mummy of a girl who was sacrificed to the gods.
• song popular in the Andes Mountains.
• friendly girl who helps explorers to the Andes.