Pre-Columbian America Review Quiz #2

What is one reason so little known about the early history of the Incas?

• The Incas kept their early history a closely guarded secret.

• Severe floods wiped out their empire

• They did not have a written language

• Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu

What mountain range makes up most of the Inca's empires?

• Apennine Mountains 

• Alps Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains 

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming

What is the name of set of strings with knots that the Inca used to record numbers and communicate information?

• Quipu

• Aqueducts

• Hieroglyphics

• Ropes

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

• blue

• red

• gray

• green

What was the most important food to the Inca?

• spaghetti

• popcorn

• chicken

• potato

Pontoon bridges, suspension bridges, terrace farming, thousands of miles of roads, and mountain-top cities are all evidence that the Inca were.....

• highly skilled at copying techniques from European colonizers

• gifted engineers and builders

• a small and not very wealthy empire

• skilled readers and writers

Which of these is NOT a similarity between Incan religion and Aztec/Mayan religion?

• Practiced human sacrifice

• Believed in multiple gods

• Sun God was the most important

• Worship of a single god.