Inca Practice Quiz

How did quipus help the Inca manage their large empire?

• Used by women to make clothes

• Used to record taxes, deaths, rulers, etc.

• Used to teach about religious leaders

• Used to purchase animals and crops

Why did the Incas require all of the people in the Empire to speak Quechua?

• It promoted unity

• It guaranteed trade

• It allowed them to stay in their hometowns

• It made sure they all worshipped the same god

How did the Inca roads benefit the Empire?

• Promoting communication and transportation

• Dividing the empire into several parts

• It was easier for wheeled vehicles

• People were paid extra to build the roads

How did the Incas make sure people would eat if there were crop shortages?

• Requiring everyone to fish and hunt for part of the year

• Storing surplus food in buildings on the mountainside

• Buying food from the Aztecs

• Taking enemies' food

Platforms used to grow crops on the mountainside

• Storehouses

• Irrigation

• Terrace Farming

• Roads

Suspended ropes/grass used to cross from one side to the other

• Storehouses

• Irrigation

• Terrace Farming

• Bridges

Canals that supply water for crops if needed

• Storehouses

• Irrigation

• Terrace Farming

• Bridges

Buildings filled with supplies for years of bad harvest

• Storehouses

• Irrigation

• Terrace Farming

• Bridges

Runners who were famous for running along the roads built by the Incas and facilitating communication across the empire.

• Chasquis

• Roads

• Cuzco

• Inca

The Incas built these all along their empire in order to connect even the most distant parts of the large empire for easy communication.

• Chasquis

• Roads

• Cuzco

• Inca