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WorksheetsInca Empire
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 16mins
Where did the Inca live?
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, specifically mostly modern Peru
Central Mexico
The Andes
are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established
are a civilization that was built in central Mexico
are a series of lakes in Peru
The capital of the Inca Empire was at
Tenochtitlan
Texcoco
Copan
Cusco
The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Conquistadors
Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as
tribute
quechua
terrace farming
chinampas farming
Setting up a strong central government helped Pachacuti
get a lot of alpaca
get a lot of llamas
control the large Inca Empire
eat a lot of corn
Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had
Atahualpa
horses and superior metal weapons
terraced farming
Francisco Pizarro
Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were
lazy
gifted engineers and builders
using a lot of help from the Maya
skilled readers and writers
Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?
the priest
the emperor
the farmers
the royal religious advisor
In the Inca Empire, commoners
carved terraces and planted crops
farmed communal lands and worked on state-owned farms
served in the army and on building projects
all of the above
What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?
Chinampas
Irrigation
Aqueducts
Terrace Farming
What color represents where the Inca civilization was?
blue
red
gray
green
How did the Inca expand and control of their empire?
The cut off trade with other places.
They killed everyone.
They built roads.
They made their own currency system.
How did the Inca road cross rivers?
Boats
Suspension bridges
Wooden canoes
They swam.
How did the Inca control erosion and grow crops in the Andes terrain?
They built terraces and used aqueducts.
Aqueducts
Irrigation
Terraces
