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Inca

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Incas capital

a)

Cuzco

b)

Quatzal

c)

New york

d)

Zuzco

2.

What was the main animal used for work

a)

cow

b)

ox

c)

llama

d)

horse

3.

What was the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?

a)

Andes

b)

Cusco

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Nahuatl

4.

Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had

a)

Atahualpa

b)

horses and superior metal weapons

c)

terraced farming

d)

Francisco Pizarro

5.

Francisco Pizarro

a)

was a conquistador from Spain. He invaded the Inca.

b)

Had only 180 men, but superior supplies compared to the Inca

c)

conquered the territory of the fallen Inca Empire

d)

all of the above

6.

Who was the Inca Emperor while the Spanish invaded? He was eventually captured and executed.

a)

Pachacuti

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Pizarro

d)

Atahualpa

7.
What are terraces?
a)
Flat land for farming 
b)
Bumpy land 
c)
Water
d)
I don't know 
8.

What did the Inca use to keep records?

a)

Quipus

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Computers

9.
What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains? 
a)
Chinampas
b)
Irrigation
c)
Aqueducts
d)
Terrace Farming
10.

One of the great marvels of the Incan Empire was....

a)

Their bridges and road system.

b)

Their cities

c)

Their food,

11.

Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?

a)

No Incas survived the Spanish Conquest.

b)

No Inca ruins have been found

c)

The Incas did not have a system of writing.

d)

The Incas did not care about their past.

12.

What was unique about Inca architecture?

a)

It featured perfectly spherical domes.

b)

The temples were taller than the Egyptian pyramids.

c)

Most structures were built from petrified wood.

d)

The stones were cut so they could fit together perfectly and needed no morter.

13.

_______ _______ was the the title of the sole ruler of the Incas

a)

inti

b)

inca king

c)

emperor cuzco

d)

sapa inca

14.
Small Pox did not affect the incan empire at all 
a)
true
b)
false 
15.

He-Who-Sees-Everything

a)

collected taxes

b)

arranged marriages

c)

took a census

d)

all of the above

16.

What region did the Inca rule?

a)

central Mesoamerica

b)

Pacific coast of South America

c)

east coast of Central America

d)

Mexico and Panama

17.

Which mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire?

a)

Andes

b)

Atlas

c)

Himalayas

d)

Rockies

18.

Select all the answers that were Inca communities

a)

Cuzco

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Tenochtitlán

d)

Quito

19.

What did Moctezuma and Atahualpa have in common?

a)

They were Inca communities

b)

They were emperors taken hostage by the Spanish invaders

c)

They were Spanish conquerors

d)

They were Inca gods