The Inca

Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?

• Peru and Ecuador

• Brazil and Paraguay

• Mexico and Guatemala

• Colombia and Venezuela

According to Incan legend, the Inca tribe began when the sun god’s son

• rose out of Lake Titcaca.

• crossed the Pacific Ocean.

• saw an eagle on top of a cactus.

• stepped out from the eastern sky.

The Inca Empire reached its peak in the same period as which group on the timeline below?

• Olmec culture

• Classic Maya

• Toltec civilization

• Aztec Empire

What did the Incas create to hold their empire together?

• a central market

• a network of roads

• a group of trained warriors

• a school for sons of commoners

The modern day county where the Inca civilization was centered is

• Peru, Ecuador, Chile

• Mexico

• China

A major city of the Incas was

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Tikal

• Copan

What is the name of the location of the Inca civilization?

• Himalayas Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Rocky Mountains

Cuzco, and Machu Picchu were major cities

• Inca

• Mayan

• Aztec

What was 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

What area of Latin America were the Inca found?