Mesoamerica

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

• Cuzco

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

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Conquistadors

Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?

• Andes

• Cusco

• Machu Picchu

• Nahuatl

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

• tribute

• quechua

• terrace farming

• chinampas farming

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

Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?

• Aztecs took their books

• There was a bad fire

• They didn't have a system of writing

• Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu

Which current day country is NOT where the Incas lived?

• Mexico
• Peru
• Chile
• Colombia

Who led the Spanish to conquer the Incas?

• Pizarro
• the gods
• Cortes
• Montezuma