The Inca Create a Mountain Empire

By the year 1500 AD, the Inca Empire stretched over ___________ miles long?

• 500

• 1,000

• 2,000

• 4,000

The Inca Empire was located on the coast of what ocean?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Incan Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

The Inca people were _________________.

• Polytheistic

• Not religious

• Monotheistic

• Catholic

The Inca would force conquered people to learn and follow their way of life mainly to......

• make their gods happy

• unite people and maintain control over the empire

• it was natural to do that

• they were brutal and oppressive people

Why were the Inca roads so important?

• They It linked the entire empire together

• They allowed for easy communication within the empire.

• They allowed for easy travel throughout the empire.

• All of these are correct.

Many Inca bridges were built out of what material?

• Trees from the rainforests

• Stone

• Rope made from dried grasses

• Iron

The Chasquis were

• Inca Musicians

• Inca Messengers

• Inca Warriors

• Inca Chiefs

What was a quipu?

• Knotted rope or twine used for record keeping

• An apron worn as part of a traditional outfit

• A shade made of rope and used to shade Inca babies from the sun

• An Inca necklace.

The Incas used this farming technique in their mountainous environment.

• Conservation Tillage

• Chinampas

• Llama Plowing

• Terrace or Stepped Farming

This is one way an Incan messenger might be punished for passing on an incorrect message

• They might be buried up to their neck in sand

• The might whipped with quipus

• They might be thrown off of a cliff

• They might starved to death while waiting for a message that would never come