Topic #6 Lesson #3 - The Inca

Why did the Inca build terraces?

• to build their homes

• to climb high mountains

• to increase farmland

• to improve communication

Describe the mita system.

• a method for keeping records of goods and people

• a network of messengers

• a practice of paying taxes through labor

• a social hierarchy

What is a quipu?

• a device used to keep records of people and goods

• a tool used to plant crops

• a book that preserved their history

• an instrument used to study the stars

What is considered the greatest example of Incan engineering?

• chinampas

• food storehouses

• their road network

• the ayllu system

What event led to the downfall of the Inca civilization?

• too many people to feed

• a civil war fought between two brothers who wanted control of the empire

• Spanish conquistadors

• a volcanic erruption

How did the Incan empire gain and maintain power over people and territories.

• Conquered people had to learn the Inca language, Quechua.

• Conquered people worked and paid a labor tax.

• Conquered people were offered peace if they complied with the demands of the emperor.

• All of the above