Inca, Maya, & Aztec Civilizations

Where did the Inca live?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

• Central Mexico

The Andes

• are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established

• are a civilization that was built in central Mexico

• are a series of lakes in Peru

The capital of the Inca Empire was at

• Tenochtitlan

• Texcoco

• Copan

• Cusco

The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Conquistadors

Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had

• Atahualpa

• horses and superior metal weapons

• terraced farming

• Francisco Pizarro

Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were

• lazy

• gifted engineers and builders

• using a lot of help from the Maya

• skilled readers and writers

Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?

• the priest

• the emperor

• the farmers

• the royal religious advisor

The Inca has ______ for meat and wool and for transporting goods and people across the mountains.

• horses

• llamas

• alpaca and llamas

• sheep

What allowed stones to carry water to the city (like in Rome!)?

• terraced farming

• aqueducts

• Machu Picchu

• quarried stone

Francisco Pizarro

• was a conquistador from Spain. He invaded the Inca.

• Had only 180 men, but superior supplies compared to the Inca

• conquered the territory of the fallen Inca Empire

• all of the above