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Cultural Peru

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group did NOT occupy this territory before the Incas.

a)

Nazca

b)

Chimú

c)

Paracas

d)

Etruscan

e)

Moche

2.

Which country is directly East of Peru?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

Panama

d)

Bulgaria

e)

Ecuador

3.

Which is the Temple of the Sun?

a)

Nazca

b)

Atacama

c)

Qorikancha

d)

Amazona

e)

Dendur

4.

What is the Spanish word (also used in English) for mountain range?

a)

Palatium

b)

cordillera

c)

monumenta

d)

mendi

e)

berg

5.

What great engineering feats did the Incas undertake?

a)

Creating large cathedral-like temples with completely squared corners

b)

Siege engines to combat conquistadors and hostile tribes.

c)

Hand dug tunnels all facing southwest to the sea

d)

Diverting rivers to improve irrigation, shore up canals, crop irrigation

6.

What is the name of the Peruvian currency used today?

a)

inti or "new sol"

b)

peso

c)

solidus

d)

drachma or "euro"

7.

The driest desert in the world located in Chile and Peru is the _____

a)

Gobi

b)

Corcovado

c)

Sahara

d)

Atacama

8.

Peru has_______ regions

a)

7

b)

15

c)

18

d)

25

9.

Peru under President Belaúnde strongly supports Argentina against Great Britain over the Falkland Islands

a)

1941

b)

1982

c)

1600

d)

1868

10.

When it is spring in Peru, it is ________ in the United States

a)

summer

b)

fall

c)

winter

d)

also spring