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Inca Assessment Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the Inca first settle?

a)

The Yucatan Peninsula

b)

The Cuzco Valley

c)

The Willamette River Valley

d)

Veracruz

2.

What is quinoa?

a)

A language

b)

A physical feature

c)

A nutritious grain

d)

A sport

3.

One Inca legend says the _______ God sent his son and daughter to bring civilization to the world.

a)

Jaguar

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

d)

Rain

4.

What part of the Americas did the Incas occupy?

a)

North America

b)

Central America

c)

South America

5.

What linked the Inca Empire?

a)

roads

b)

rail

c)

their love of Pokemon

d)

none of the above

6.

The Inca Empire had two main roads: one along the ocean and another through the _____________.

a)

jungle

b)

desert

c)

lowlands

d)

mountains

7.

What animal did the Incas depend on?

a)

horses

b)

cows

c)

sheep

d)

llamas

8.

To win ___________, Incas showered conquered people with gifts of cloth and food.

a)

loyalty

b)

gold

c)

wars

9.

What is Quechua?

a)

a nutritious grain

b)

the Inca language

c)

the Incan capital city

d)

an Incan god

10.

How did Incas pay the labor tax?

a)

They paid with golden llama statues.

b)

They paid with quinoa.

c)

They paid by working for the government or serving in the army.

d)

There was no labor tax.

11.

What is mitima?

a)

a nutritious grain

b)

the Inca language

c)

The practice of sending conquered people to live in new places

d)

An Inca god

12.

Incan ________________ kept track of the number of people and goods in the empire.

a)

Farmers

b)

Accountants

c)

Merchants

d)

Craftspeople

13.

What was the most common Inca occupation?

a)

merchant

b)

craftsperson

c)

farmer

d)

soldier

14.

The Incas did not have an alphabet. Instead they used ____________ : knotted colored strings that contain information.

a)

Quechua

b)

quinoa

c)

mitima

d)

quipos

15.

True or false: Multiple generations of people lived in Inca homes.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Before the Spanish conquistadors arrived, two Inca sons (Atahuallpa and Huascar) fought for control of the Empire. Who won?

a)

Atahuallpa

b)

Huascar

17.

What did the Spanish conquistador (Pizarro) and his forces do to Atahuallpa?

a)

They showered him with gifts.

b)

They made him an adivsor.

c)

They converted him to Christianity.

d)

The captured and killed him.

18.

What did Atahuallpa offer Pizzaro for his freedom?

a)

All you can eat quinoa

b)

A giant golden llama statue

c)

A room full of gold and silver

d)

Ranch dressing

19.

The Inca outnumbered the Spanish. Considering this, why did the Spanish win so easily?

a)

They had a spy on the inside. (A guy who might let some things slide.)

b)

They won the hearts and minds of the Inca peasants.

c)

They had superior weapons.

d)

The Inca did not offer any resistance.

20.

What religion replaced the Inca religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

e)

Buddhism

21.

True or False: Nobody living speaks the Inca language, Quechua.

a)

True

b)

False