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Where did the Inca live?
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, specifically mostly modern Peru
Central Mexico
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The Andes
are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established
are a civilization that was built in central Mexico
are a series of lakes in Peru
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The capital of the Inca Empire was at
Tenochtitlan
Texcoco
Copan
Cusco
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The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Conquistadors
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Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?
Andes
Cusco
Machu Picchu
Nahuatl
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Who was the Inca emperor whose name means "he who changed the world"?
Priest
Pachacuti
Cortes
Moctezuma II
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Quechua was the
language spoken by the Inca
corn recipe used by the Inca
city built by the Inca high in the Andes
ruler of the Inca
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Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as
tribute
quechua
terrace farming
chinampas farming
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Setting up a strong central government helped Pachacuti
get a lot of alpaca
get a lot of llamas
control the large Inca Empire
eat a lot of corn
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Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had
Atahualpa
horses and superior metal weapons
terraced farming
Francisco Pizarro
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The Inca was the
earliest empire to rise and fall
most recent empire to rise and fall
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Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were
lazy
gifted engineers and builders
using a lot of help from the Maya
skilled readers and writers
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The people of the Inca empire
all spoke ONLY 1 language
were all very similar
were diverse and spoke over 20 languages
were diverse but spoke ONLY one language
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Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?
the priest
the emperor
the farmers
the royal religious advisor
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What helped rulers maintain tight control of the large empire?
the hierarchy of Inca society
Pachacuti
terraced farming
Machu Picchu
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In the Inca Empire, commoners
carved terraces and planted crops
farmed communal lands and worked on state-owned farms
served in the army and on building projects
all of the above
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The Inca has ______ for meat and wool and for transporting goods and people across the mountains.
horses
llamas
alpaca and llamas
sheep
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What allowed stones to carry water to the city (like in Rome!)?
terraced farming
aqueducts
Machu Picchu
quarried stone
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Francisco Pizarro
was a conquistador from Spain. He invaded the Inca.
Had only 180 men, but superior supplies compared to the Inca
conquered the territory of the fallen Inca Empire
all of the above
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Who was the Inca Emperor while the Spanish invaded? He was eventually captured and executed.
Pachacuti
Machu Picchu
Pizarro
Atahualpa