Inca Empire Quiz

The Inca Civilization lived in the _______________ Mountains

• Appalachians

• Andes

• Rockies

• Alps

The Incan Empire stretched for 2,500 miles along the ____ coast of South America

• East

• West

• North

• South

The Inca lived near what ocean?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Gulf of Mexico

• Caribbean

The Inca kept records on cords called __________.

• Rope

• Tree Bark

• Bamboo

• Quipus

The Spaniards that came to the Inca where called ____________.

• Armada

• Conquistadors

• Caballeros

• Horse People

Which definition best matches the vocabulary word: Quipu?

• A series of wide steps built into a mountainside, with each step creates farmland.

• A farming style created on flat plains near rivers and lakes.

• The language that the Inca people speak.

• A retreat for Inca emperors, constructed with 1,000s of granite stones about 8,000 ft high in the Andes Mountains.

• A rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors, used for mathematics and record keeping.

Identify which two similarities (means facts that are the same) that are the were shared between the Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations all had ?

• All civilizations were built around war and did not use iron weapons or tools

• All civilizations were peaceful and built their empire in the mountains

• All civilizations sacrificed hundreds, if not thousands of war captives per year.

• All civilizations built pyramids in the middle of jungle

• All civilizations believed their ruler was a god-king descended from a sun-god.

The capital of the Inca Empire was at ___

• Tenochtitlan

• Texcoco

• Copan

• Cusco

What connected all of the Inca cities?

• Causeways

• Roads

• Canals

• Tunnels

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