How To Learn About The Ipa Empire

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1 Name Date Mastering the Content Fill in the circle to the best answer. 1. Here are two facts about the Inca Empire: It stretched about 2,500 miles. It did not have a written language. These facts explain why the Incas A. had legends about their origin. B. conquered many other groups. C. used runners to carry messages. D. built their capital in the mountains. Assessment: The Incas 2. A set of strings tied into knots, called a quipu, was an aid for A. finding the best route. B. remembering information. C. catching fish in the river. D. understanding the calendar. 3. Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today? A. Peru and Ecuador B. Brazil and Paraguay C. Mexico and Guatemala D. Colombia and Venezuela 4. How did the Incas develop the advances listed below? well-planned cities elaborate irrigation methods A. learned them from the Mayas B. created them as original inventions C. adapted them from the Chimus D. learned them from Inti 5. According to Incan legend, the Inca tribe began when the sun god s son A. rose out of Lake Titicaca. B. crossed the Pacific Ocean. C. saw an eagle on top of a cactus. D. stepped out from the eastern sky.

2 6. The Inca Empire reached its peak in the same period as which group on the timeline below? A. Olmec culture B. Classic Mayan C. Toltec civilization D. Aztec Empire 7. The Incas lived for hundreds of years without spreading their civilization. What set off the expansion of their empire? A. a need for more trading partners B. a priestly message from the gods C. a sudden need for more farmland D. an attack by a neighboring people 8. What did the Incas create to hold their empire together? A. a central market B. a network of roads C. a flock of trained pigeons D. a school for sons of commoners 9. What belongs in bottom row of this chart? A. winners of major battles B. scholars who did well in school C. local leaders of conquered people D. favorites chosen by the royal wives 10. The most important Incan food crop was unknown to the Mayas or Aztecs. This Incan crop was A. corn. B. beans. C. squash. D. potatoes.

3 11. Two people who belonged to the same ayllu might often A. obey different leaders. B. work at different tasks. C. live in different regions. D. speak different languages. 12. Who got the remaining third of an ayllu s crops? A. the Sapa Inca B. the local leader C. needy neighbors D. conquered armies 13. How would an Incan priest most likely use an oracle? A. to collect taxes for the temple B. to ask advice about the future C. to study how to perform rituals D. to sacrifice animals to the gods 14. When a Chosen Woman was 12 years old, she would most likely be A. studying in a convent. B. living with her family. C. married to a commoner. D. helping to govern a village. 15. After the Incas conquered a new area, why were local leaders and their sons brought to Cuzco? A. to get sacred objects back B. to be sacrificed to the sun god C. to learn Incan law and language D. to tell the emperor their concerns 16. What did the Sapa Inca typically do after a rebellion by a conquered tribe? A. set the area free B. return sacred objects C. take families as slaves D. replace the local leader

4 Applying Social Studies Skills Use the map and your knowledge of history to complete the items. 17. Describe the location of Cuzco, the Incan capital, in relation to at least two physical features shown on the map. 18. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words or phrases from the box. a. The longest roads in the Inca Empire ran in a generally direction. b. Part of the coastal road ran through the. 19. Based on the map, form a picture in your mind of the shorter roads that connected the coastal road with the other main road. What might make travel along these shorter connecting roads particularly challenging?

5 Exploring the Essential Question: How did the Incas manage their large and remote empire? 20. Suppose you are an adviser to the leader of a tribe living just outside the Inca Empire. Your leader has received a message from the Sapa Inca: Your tribe is invited to become part of the Inca Empire. Will you join us? You advise your leader to say yes. To explain your advice, you will tell the leader: two benefits your people will gain by joining the empire two drawbacks that would result for your people if you refuse to join the empire Fill in your explanations in the spaces below. Use complete sentences. a. Benefit 1 of saying yes b. Benefit 2 of saying yes c. Drawback 1 of saying no d. Drawback 2 of saying no