Inca Quiz

Which group of native Americans created an empire among the Andes Mountains in modern-day Peru?

• Aztecs
• Mayans
• Inca
• Toltecs

What was the name of the capital city of the Inca?

• Cusco
• Lima
• Machu Picchu
• Bogota

Who was the Incan emperor at the time when the Spanish arrived in Peru?

• Atahualpa
• Montezuma II
• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great

Which conquistador defeated the Inca?

• Cortes
• Pizarro
• Columbus
• Cabral

What food did the Inca grow that was planted and grown underground, thus withstanding the cold better?

• Corn
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Cacao

Where did the Spanish move the capital of Peru to?

• Santiago
• Lima
• Machu Picchu
• Bogota

If the Inca were going to keep records, they would use:

• Quipu
• Pesos
• Mestizos
• Nahuatl

What was the name of the system in which agriculture, animals, and disease were transferred from the Old World to the New World and vice versa:

• Aztec Transfer
• Spanish Exchange
• Columbian Exchange
• New World Transfer

Spanish conquistadors were primarily interested in all of the following in the New World except:

• Gold
• Slaves
• God
• Glory

How did the Inca cross their large empire in the mountains so quickly?

• On horseback
• Inca frequently traveled on llamas, native to the Andes mountains
• By crossing their vast network of roads and bridges on foot
• By telling 20 people a message, who would each tell 20 more, and so on