Incas

The Inca Empire started out in what is now known as ____.

• Peru

• Brazil

• Chile

• Venezuela

____ greatly affected the Inca empire because the climate and terrain presented many challenges.

• The temperatures

• The geography

• The wildlife

____ was difficult along the Andes mountains because it was hard to find space and water was scarce.

• Hunting

• Weather forecasting

• Farming

• Building

a series of wide steps built along steep mountains for farming

• terrace farming

• grass farming

• mountain farming

_____ was used for fertilizing the coastlands as well as dead animals.

• Bird droppings (guano)

• Rain water

• Soil fertilizer

Which of the following was NOT a staple crop for the Incan empire?

• maize

• squash

• beans

• potatoes

• rice

Farmers gave all their crops to _______ who then redistributed them.

• their neighbors

• the government

• the churches

• each other

Farmers chewed ____ leaves to get energy

• coca

• grass

• tree

• fruit

The Inca built a network of roads by enforcing a _____. Peasants had to work for free for public projects.

• law

• labor tax

• slave tax

The government relied on ____ to communicate important news back and forth on the road system.

• peasants

• officials

• messengers