Inca Vocabulary Practice Test

Spanish soldiers, who were led by Francisco Pizarro to conquer the Inca Empire, were known as:

• conquistadors

• militia

• knights

• patriots

A system of knotted cords used by the Inca to record and organize information, serving as a sort of numerical and record keeping tool is called:

• terracing

• landscaping

• quipu

• Sapa Inca

What is the name of the farming technique used by the Inca? It involves creating flat, step-like platforms on hillsides to cultivate crops.

• quipu

• terracing

• harvesting

• plowing

What is this city in the image called?

• Incan City

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Sapa Inca

What is the name of the Incan rulers whose central government was strong?

• Emperior

• quipu

• Inca Council

• Sapa Inca