19 questions
What was the Incas capital
Cuzco
Quatzal
New york
Zuzco
What was the main animal used for work
cow
ox
llama
horse
What was 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
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
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
Who was the Inca Emperor while the Spanish invaded? He was eventually captured and executed.
Pachacuti
Machu Picchu
Pizarro
Atahualpa
What did the Inca use to keep records?
Quipus
Aqueducts
Hieroglyphics
Computers
One of the great marvels of the Incan Empire was....
Their bridges and road system.
Their cities
Their food,
Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?
No Incas survived the Spanish Conquest.
No Inca ruins have been found
The Incas did not have a system of writing.
The Incas did not care about their past.
What was unique about Inca architecture?
It featured perfectly spherical domes.
The temples were taller than the Egyptian pyramids.
Most structures were built from petrified wood.
The stones were cut so they could fit together perfectly and needed no morter.
_______ _______ was the the title of the sole ruler of the Incas
inti
inca king
emperor cuzco
sapa inca
He-Who-Sees-Everything
collected taxes
arranged marriages
took a census
all of the above
What region did the Inca rule?
central Mesoamerica
Pacific coast of South America
east coast of Central America
Mexico and Panama
Which mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire?
Andes
Atlas
Himalayas
Rockies
Select all the answers that were Inca communities
Cuzco
Machu Picchu
Tenochtitlán
Quito
What did Moctezuma and Atahualpa have in common?
They were Inca communities
They were emperors taken hostage by the Spanish invaders
They were Spanish conquerors
They were Inca gods