Emma's History Quiz 1: Peru of the Andes

altitude is measured from it

• sea level

• snow line

• Amazon

• alpine tundra

above this is snow all year

• sea level

• snow line

• Amazon

• alpine tundra

river whose source is in Peru

• sea level

• snow line

• Amazon

• alpine tundra

treeless slopes of the high mountains

• sea level

• snow line

• Amazon

• alpine tundra

Legends say that the first ruler of the Incas was the son of the _____ god.

• moon

•  love

•  war

•  sun 

Which explorer kidnapped and killed the Inca king before conquering the empire?

• Francis Drake

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortes

The ______ navigable lake in the world is Lake Titicaca in Peru.

• highest 

• deepest 

• lowest 

The Inca, and the people of Peru today, used the ____ to carry heavy loads.

• camel

• donkey

• llama

Titicaca was the capital of the Inca Empire.

• True

• False

The Spanish were greedy to get the Inca ____, "the sweat of the sun."

• gold

• silver

• diamonds

• turquoise