WorksheetsThe Inca: Show What You KNOW!
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?
Aztecs took their books
There was a bad fire
They didn't have a system of writing
Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu
What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."
Quipu
Aqueducts
Hieroglyphics
Ropes
What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?
Chinampas
Irrigation
Aqueducts
Terrace Farming
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
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
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
Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?
the priest
the emperor
the farmers
the royal religious advisor
Francisco Pizarro
was a conquistador from Spain. He invaded the Inca.
Had only 180 men, but superior supplies compared to the Inca
conquered the territory of the fallen Inca Empire
all of the above
What was the name of the Inca Sun God?
Inti
Quetzacoatl
Viracocha
Huitzilopochtli
What was the most important food to the Inca?
spaghetti
popcorn
chicken
potato
What were the Spanish looking for when they landed on the Caribbean coast in 1532?
the Inca god
their boat
fountain of youth
gold
Where did the Inca live?
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, specifically mostly modern Peru
Central Mexico
What do the Inca do to the Sapa Inca's body when he dies?
burned and offered to the gods
fed to the vultures as part of their "sky burial" ritual
wrapped in special leaves and buried underground
mummified and returned to the palace
Inca belief in many gods
sacrifice
monotheistic
hauca
polytheistic
Inca form of government; ruled by 1 person or family
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
viracocha
A sacred place or thing
hauca
mita
surplus
Inti
