5th Grade Indigenous - Incas 1

How did the Inca engineers overcome challenges presented by the geography of the land?

• By building roads and bridges through the mountains

• By using boats to travel across rivers

• By cutting down forests to make room for farming

• By creating large cities along the coast

Which of the following was NOT a way the Inca adapted to their mountainous geography?

• Terrace farming

• Building bridges over canyons

• Constructing underground tunnels

• Creating a road network through the mountains

How did the Inca keep their empire together without a written language?

• Through oral traditions and quipus

• Through the use of books

• By sending messages via pigeons

• By creating a written alphabet

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What was a quipu used for in the Inca Empire?

• Writing letters to the emperor

• Keeping records and managing resources

• Sending messages to other empires

• Making maps for explorers

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What kind of social system did the Inca have to help govern their empire?

• A system of elected leaders

• A strict hierarchical system with the emperor at the top

• A democratic assembly of citizens

• A system where each city ruled itself

How did the Inca keep control of such a vast empire?

• By building strong relationships with neighboring empires

• By allowing each region to govern itself

• By using their road system to move soldiers quickly

• By establishing a peaceful diplomatic treaty with all neighbors

What type of government did the Inca Empire have?

• A monarchy with an emperor at the top

• A republic with elected officials

• A council of nobles that made decisions

• A confederacy of city-states

What was one important way the Inca communicated across their vast empire without a written language?

• By sending runners who relayed messages

• By using smoke signals

• By painting symbols on large stones

• By sending letters through a postal service

How did the Inca adapt to farming in the mountains?

• By planting crops only in flat areas

• By creating terraces on the mountain sides for farming

• By growing crops in greenhouses

• By planting crops on floating islands

Which engineering feat allowed the Inca to travel across their mountainous empire?

• The invention of the hot air balloon

• A vast network of roads and suspension bridges

• A fleet of ships for river travel

• Large wooden ladders to climb the mountains