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The Incas

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Inca emperor was also known as the ____________.

a)

Gallo más gallo

b)

Mero queso

c)

Sapa Inca

d)

Cool Inca

2.

The Inca empire was located on what mountain range?

a)

Celaque

b)

Amapala

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Andes

3.

Who was Manco Capac?

a)

The son of the Sun God

b)

The father of the Incas

c)

The cousin of Shawn Mendes

d)

Chespirito

4.

____________ was the language the Incas spoke.

a)

Catracho

b)

Sign language

c)

English

d)

Quechua

5.

The Incas existed until after Columbus came to America.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The word Inca also means: ________ of the Inca people.

a)

Secretary

b)

Lord

c)

Emperor

d)

Firulays

7.

Francisco Pizarro was the Spanish conquistador that lured and captured ___________.

a)

Atahualpa

b)

Darth Vader

c)

Lempira

d)

Chico Morazán

8.

What was the name of the earth-mother goddess?

a)

Mother Earth

b)

Paquita la Bonita

c)

Chili Guili

d)

Pachamama

9.

Pachacuti was the ninth Sapa Inca of the kingdom of Cuzco.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What was a cumpi?

a)

cloth for the emperor

b)

fine food for the nobility

c)

columpios Incas

d)

horses

11.

Which continent was the Inca Civilization on?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

South America

12.

What did the Incas NOT have that other early American civilizations had?

a)

A system for farming

b)

A system of writing

c)

Pottery

d)

Buildings

13.

What was the primary purpose of the Inca road system?

a)

A) Trade and military movement

b)

B) Leisure travel

c)

C) Religious pilgrimages

d)

D) Hunting expeditions

14.

Which of the following was a staple crop of the Inca civilization?

a)

A) Wheat

b)

B) Rice

c)

C) Potatoes

d)

D) Corn

15.

What was the significance of Machu Picchu in Inca culture?

a)

A) It was a major trading hub

b)

B) It served as a royal estate

c)

C) It was the capital city

d)

D) It was a military fortress