Inca & Aztec

Where did the Inca live?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

• Central Mexico

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

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

Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?

• the priest

• the emperor

• the farmers

• the royal religious advisor

What helped rulers maintain tight control of the large empire?

• the hierarchy of Inca society

• Pachacuti

• terraced farming

• Machu Picchu

What allowed stones to carry water to the city (like in Rome!)?

• terraced farming

• aqueducts

• Machu Picchu

• quarried stone

What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."

• Quipu

• Aqueducts

• Hieroglyphics

• Ropes

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

• blue

• red

• gray

• green