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Inca Assessment

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 2hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The capital city of the Incan Empire was ____
a)
Machu Picchu
b)

Tenochtitlan

c)
Cuzco
d)
Huacas
2.
What did the Incas use to carry their goods on the roads?
a)
horses
b)
carts
c)
sleds
d)
llamas
3.
Where are the Inca located? 
a)

Rocky Mountains 

b)
Alps Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains 
4.

The Inca did not have a system of writing. Instead, they used a/an _____ which was made up of strings tied in various knots.

a)

Quipu

b)

Aqueduct

c)

glyph

d)

huaca

5.

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

a)

Chinampas

b)

Irrigation

c)

Aqueducts

d)

Terrace Farming

6.
Where did the Inca live?
a)
South America
b)
Mexico
c)
Central America
d)
United States
7.

Which famous tourist attraction is shown in the photograph?

a)

step pyramids

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Cuzco

d)

Quechua

8.

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

gray

d)

green

9.

What was the name of the Inca Sun God?

a)

Inti

b)

Quetzacoatl

c)

Viracocha

d)

Huitzilopochtli

10.

What was the most important food to the Inca?

a)

beans

b)

avocados

c)

chicken

d)

potato

11.

Who conquered the Incas in 1532?

a)

the sun god, Inti

b)

Spanish conquistadors

c)

Aztecs

d)

Christopher Columbus

12.

The Incan were polytheistic, which means they believed in many gods. Which god was their most important?

a)

Moon Goddess

b)

Maize

c)

tlaoc

d)

Sun God

13.

Who was the Sapa Inca?

a)

an Inca priest

b)

The supreme ruler - descended from Inti

c)

sun god

d)

Spanish leader

14.

Where did the Inca store extra food or objects?

a)

homes

b)

caves

c)

temples

d)

storehouses

15.

What did the Inca use to keep records?

a)

Quipus

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Computers

16.

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.

17.

Which city was NOT a part of the Inca empire?

a)

Cuzco

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Tenochtitlán

18.

Who was at the top of Inca society?

a)

nobles

b)

warriors

c)

Sapa Inca

d)

farmers

19.

Who were the messengers in the Inca civilization?

a)

chasquis/road runners

b)

farmers

c)

Sapa Incas

d)

commoners

20.

What did the Incas create to connect their empire together?

a)

a system of roads

b)

a central market

c)

a school for sons of commoners

d)

a flock of trained pigeons

21.

The Incas had a special written language using glyphs.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Why was terrace farming important to the Incas?

a)

It allowed them adapt to their environment and farm in mountains.

b)

Farmers were able to climb to the top easier

c)

They let them farm in marshy areas.

d)

They created shaded areas.

23.

Everyone could travel on Inca roads.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The Incas sacrificed people to please their gods.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Gold was a sign of wealth to the Incas.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What structures were built by the Inca to carry water from one place to another?

a)

mitas

b)

bridges

c)

aqueducts

d)

trails

27.

Which of the following was NOT created by the Incas?

a)

suspension bridges

b)

roads

c)

chinampas

d)

terraces

28.

The Inca believed in the afterlife. What did they do to their king when he died?

a)

sacrificed him

b)

threw him off the mountain

c)

mummified him

d)

buried him in the mountainside