Inca Quiz A

The Native Americans who created a successful empire in present day Peru were known as the:

• Mayans
• Inca
• Toltecs

The capital city of the Inca was:

• Cusco
• Machu Picchu
• Bogota

The Incan emperor at the time when the Spanish arrived was:

• Atahualpa
• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great

The conquistador who defeated the Inca was named:

• Pizarro
• Columbus
• Cabral

The primary food that the Inca grew and ate was:

• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Cacao

Once the Inca were conquered, Spain moved the capital city of Peru to:

• Santiago
• Lima
• Bogota

What was the name of the string and knot system that the Inca used for communication and record keeping?

• Quipu
• 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
• Columbian Exchange
• New World Transfer

Which of the following were conquistadors NOT primarily interested in when conquering the Inca?

• Gold
• Slaves
• God

How did the Inca manage to travel across their vast empire so quickly?

• On horseback
• 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