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Inca quiz
Contributed by: Salema
  • 1. Why were roads and bridges so important to the Incan Empire?
A) Their construction provided jobs for citizens.
B) They made it easier for messengers, soldiers, and tradesmen to across large distances.
C) They allowed horses to cross the mountains.
D) They served as examples of the empires wealth.
  • 2. How did the Incas protect against famine and poor harvests?
A) By raising and slaughtering cattle.
B) By storing water in large stone tanks.
C) By performing religious ceremonies.
D) By storing surplus food in storehouses along the length of the empire.
  • 3. What is the significance of the llama to the Inca?
A) The Incas worshipped them like gods.
B) The Incas rode on their backs.
C) They were the Incas main source of food.
D) The Incas used them to transport goods along the rough mountain terrain.
  • 4. How was the Inca tax system different than ours?
A) The Incas paid taxes in cloth and grain; we pay taxes with money.
B) The Incas tax system changed frequently; ours is consistent.
C) The Incas had no tax system.
D) The Incas paid taxes in labor; we pay taxes in money.
  • 5. What was unique about Incan architecture?
A) Most structures were made of petrified wood.
B) It featured perfectly spherical domes.
C) The temples were taller than Egyptian pyramids.
D) The stones were cut so they fit together perfectly.
  • 6. Which is the meaning of quipu?
A) A natural resource used to make bridges.
B) The language spoken by the Inca.
C) A tool used in warfare.
D) A communication tool used to keep count of population and supplies.
  • 7. Which is the meaning of quechua?
A) The Incan language that was not written.
B) A type of llama.
C) A communication tool used to keep count of population and supplies.
D) The title of a Incan emperor.
  • 8. The mountain range where the Inca made their homes.
A) Andes
B) Amazon
C) Kilimanjaro
D) Himalayas
  • 9. Which of the following is a similarity between how the Inca and Egyptians buried their dead.
A) They placed their bodies in wooden tombs.
B) They mummified them.
C) They scattered their ashes.
D) They built pyramids for them.
  • 10. Which is the meaning of Sapa Inca?
A) The language the Inca spoke.
B) A place high in the mountains that was undiscovered until 1911.
C) The name of their sun god.
D) The Incan emperor's title.
  • 11. Which of the following is a Spanish soldier that caused the demise of the Inca?
A) Macchu Picchu
B) conquistador
C) Pachacuti
D) Sapa Inca
  • 12. A way in which the Inca modified their environment to prevent erosion and contain water to irrigate crops grown on the slope of a mountain.
A) Terrace farming
B) slope farming
C) aquaduct farming
D) mechanical farming
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