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Inca

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animal was most important to the Inca?

a)

horse

b)

llama

c)

rat

d)

cow

2.

What was the name of the device that the Inca tied knots into cords to help keep records?

a)

abacus

b)

quipus

c)

calculator

d)

chunu

3.

What was the name of the labor tax system used by the Inca?

a)

mita

b)

tribute

c)

tariff

d)

currency

4.

What were the Spanish looking for when they landed on the Caribbean coast in 1532?

a)

the Inca god

b)

their boat

c)

fountain of youth

d)

gold

5.

Which brother won the Inca Civil War?

a)

Atahualpa

b)

Huascar

6.

Who was the leader of the Spanish when they conquered the Incas?

a)

Hernando Cortez

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Captain Marvel

7.

Where did the Inca live?

a)

Yucatan Peninsula

b)

South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

c)

Central Mexico

8.

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

a)

tribute

b)

quechua

c)

terrace farming

d)

chinampas farming

9.
The capital city of the Incan Empire was ____
a)
Machu Picchu
b)
Divining
c)
Cuzco
d)
Huacas
10.
Where are the Inca located? 
a)
Apennine Mountains 
b)
Alps Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains 
11.

What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."

a)

Quipu

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Ropes

12.

Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?

a)

Aztecs took their books

b)

There was a bad fire

c)

They didn't have a system of writing

d)

Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu

13.

The Inca Empire is on what continent?

a)

Central America

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

14.

Spanish conquistadors invaded the Incan empire led by

a)

Pachacuti

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Altahualpa

15.

_______ _______ was the the title of the sole ruler of the Incas

a)

inti

b)

inca king

c)

emperor cuzco

d)

sapa inca