Which statement best summarizes the development and expansion of the Inca Empire?
The Inca created new religious and cultural identities to unify their empire.
The Inca developed slowly over thousands of years to create their empire.
The Inca conquered a diverse set of ethnic groups across the Andes Mountains. ✅
The Inca benefited from the use of advanced weapons, to conquer their neighbors.
Based on the map, which statement best summarizes the Inca’s use of roads to administer and expand their empire?
Roads were limited to coastal regions of the Inca Empire because travel across mountains was too difficult.
Roads connected only major cities, such as Cusco and Machu Picchu, to provide protection from invasion.
Roads were used to connect the Inca Empire to other South American civilizations.
Roads connected all part of the Inca Empire, allowing for communication, trade, and military deployments. ✅
How did geography affect the construction of the Inca Road system?
The construction of roads was only done at the lowest elevations because of available materials and ease of movement.
The construction of roads is largely unknown because many of the roads and bridges have disintegrated over time.
The construction of roads varied based on the climate, elevation, and materials available to the Inca. ✅
The construction of roads was similar throughout the empire, always using large paving stones to prevent erosion.
Which of the best explains one of the ways in which Inca used astronomy to manipulate their environment?
The Inca used astronomy to divide terraced farms in the Andes Mountains.
The Inca used astronomy to enforce mandatory labor requirements.
The Inca used astronomy to help them keep records.
The Inca used astronomy to plan the stone structures and plazas of Machu Picchu. ✅
Which statement best summarizes the methods of rule used by the Inca?
The Inca forced conquered peoples into mit’a labor to prove their loyalty to the Sapa Inca, allowing them only to return to their homelands afterward.
The Inca centralized power in Cuzco and connected it to other regions through extensive roads, allowing for quick communication and the movement of armies. ✅
The Inca decentralized power between different suyu, allowing for continued ethnic and religious diversity. The Inca decentralized power between different suyu, allowing for continued ethnic and religious diversity.
The Inca forcibly changed the language of non-Incan peoples to speak only the Quechua language.
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