Topic 1 -Incas

Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?

• Peru and Ecuador

• Brazil and Paraguay

• Mexico and Guatemala

• Colombia and Venezuela

What did the Incas create to hold their empire together?

• a network of roads

• a central market

• a school for sons of commoners

• a flock of trained pigeons

The most important Incan food crop was unknown to the Mayas or Aztecs. This Incan crop was

• Corn

• Potatoes

• Squash

• Peppers

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

Who was the Inca emperor whose name means "he who changed the world"?

• Priest

• Pachacuti

• Cortes

• Moctezuma II

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

Quechua was the

• language spoken by the Inca

• corn recipe used by the Inca

• city built by the Inca high in the Andes

• ruler of the Inca