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  The Incas   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
This quiz provides a brief introduction to the Inca Empire and its society. Good luck and enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, tiffanyram, Apr 18 19
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tiffanyram gold member
Apr 18 19
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  Inca : Part 1    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The Inca were a distinct people. This is a quiz about their daily lives and goings on.
Tough, 15 Qns, SheWolf316, Apr 04 24
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SheWolf316
Apr 04 24
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  Meet the Ice Maiden   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A mysterious and tragic creature from the past.
Average, 10 Qns, russalka, Feb 07 23
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russalka
Feb 07 23
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  Inca : Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Another Inca Quiz. This one is on modern day discoveries to test your knowledge. Good luck!
Average, 5 Qns, SheWolf316, Jul 10 23
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Jul 10 23
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Incas History Trivia Questions
1. Who was Juanita, the Ice Maiden?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: A frozen mummy

She was a young Incan girl, about 14 years old, whose frozen body was found on a mountain in Peru, where she is known affectionately as mummy Juanita. She had died around 1470.

2. The Inca had no method of writing so they developed a system of knotted cords. What was this called?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: quipus

The cords were various colours with single, double or triple knots tied in them and hung from a plain main cord. They were only read by an official called a Quipucamayoc.

3. On what mountain in the Andes was she found?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: Ampato

She was discovered on September 8th, 1995 on Mt. Ampato, close to the summit, at an altitude of 20,400 feet. Mt. Ampato is located in southern Peru, close to Chile and Bolivia. Lima, Cuzco and Machu Picchu are north of it.

4. Where was the capital of the Chimu people?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Chan Chan

They made gold and turquoise knives that showed richly dressed men.

5. Modern descendants of the Inca, in traditional costume, enact the annual festival at Cuzco to which god?

From Quiz Inca : Part 2

Answer: Sun

To this day, Apu Inti is still admired and revered by his people.

6. The Inca people are sometimes referred to as the ________ of the ancient South America?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Romans

This was because of their amazing ability for building roads and fortresses.

7. What caused Juanita to die at the top of a mountain?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: She had been sacrificed to the gods

It has long been known that the Incas practised Capacocha, a sacrificial offering of children to the gods, as chronicled by the first Spaniards who arrived there. In time of crises, such as drought, epidemics or earthquakes, they thought they had displeased the gods of the mountains and tried to appease them by offering their most valuable asset, their children.

8. This well known Inca mummy was frozen therefore preserving her skin, internal organs, hair, blood and even the contents of her stomach. What did scientists call her?

From Quiz Inca : Part 2

Answer: Juanita

She was found in 1995, due to a volcanic erruption that melted away 500 years of accumulated ice and snow.

9. In which region did the Incan civilization flourish?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Andes

The empire of the Incas was a land of great contrast, dominated by the great mountain ranges of the snow capped Andes.

10. What was the reaction of families to the sacrifice of their children?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: They felt honored to be chosen

The children sacrificed belonged to noble families and had to be pure and physically perfect. They brought honor to their parents, and after death they would become gods.

11. What was "La Momia del Cerro El Plomo"?

From Quiz Inca : Part 2

Answer: a mummy

He was a sacrificial mummy unearthed on a mountian in Chile in 1954. Tests found that he was 8 or 9 years old and his blood type was O. Until Juanita, he was heralded as the best preserved mummy.

12. Which people tried to invade the Incan empire?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Chimu

The Inca prince, Yupanqui destroyed their fortress and saved his people from invasion.

13. What was the "city" perched high in the Andes?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Machu Picchu

It escaped the notice of the Spanish conquerors, and was not discovered until 1911. Sometimes referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", it was more probably an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti.

14. How was Juanita taken down from the mountain by Reinhard?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: By backpack and donkey

Reinhard and Zarate had to remove Juanita immediately, because she could have been destroyed by the hot ash from the volcano, or taken by looters. Being frozen, she weighed about 90 lbs., so Reinhard carried her on his back, until they were able to find a donkey farther down the mountain. Then by bus to Arequipa, the closest town, where she was immediately refrigerated to avoid damage. On later expeditions, Reinhard discovered several other human sacrifices on five mountains in the Andes of Peru and Argentina.

15. ________ grew from a small village into the capital city.

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Cusco & Cuzco

The layout of the city was said to be the shape of a puma, with the great fortress of Sacashuaman forming the head.

16. What caused her death?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: A blow to the head

She had been hit on the side of the head with a heavy object. But examination showed that she had been heavily sedated beforehand with coca leaves and chicha (corn beer).

17. The Incan empire was more a ____________ of tribes with a single people in control- The Incas

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: confederation & confederate & confederacy

This is what made the Incan civilization so powerful, as each tribe had a council of elders and all members of the tribe were allowed to voice an opinion. Every one gave allegiance to the ruler or Inca who was descendant from the sun-god.

18. What were her clothes like?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: The best textiles

Her clothes were the finest Incan textiles ever found, made of alpaca wool and in perfect condition. With her were found, among other things, statuettes and shawl pins made of silver and gold, a belt, a pouch with coca leaves, two bowls and a tiny sandal.

19. What was the Sun God called?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Apu Inti

All Incans considered themselves children of the sun, as they realized the sun made their crops grow and that is how they survived.

20. Where was scientific testing about Juanita conducted?

From Quiz Meet the Ice Maiden

Answer: USA

In 1996, Juanita was flown to the John Hopkins University in Maryland. There chemical tests of her hair and a CT scanner revealed that her bones were healthy, and she had eaten a vegetable meal shortly before dying. They also discovered that she had been killed by a heavy blow to the right temple. At the time she was displayed to the American public in Washington, D.C. Now she can be seen at the Andean Museum in Arequipa, Peru.

21. There are many myths of creation relating to the Inca people, yet they all centre around__________?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Lake Titicaca and Pacaritampu

The creation myths altered from audience to audience to suit the Incan elite in different ways.

22. This conquistador arrived in 1532 with an army of 200 men. In a few years they destroyed the mighty Incan Empire. What was his name?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Pizarro & Pizzarro & Pizzaro

Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez destroyed a great civilization. Historians believe the Incan empire would have lasted a very long time had he not destroyed it.

23. How long did the Incan empire last?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: 95 years

From 1438 to 1533.

24. Very little is known about the sacred Incan ceremony of Capacocha. What is this ceremony?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: Human Sacrifice

The Incas made human sacrifice to the mountain gods. These sacrifices were often made during or after a portentous event: an earthquake, an epidemic, a drought, or after the death of an Incan Emperor.

25. Only young children were sacrificed to the Mountain Gods, what was the common age for this?

From Quiz Inca : Part 1

Answer: 8-10

These children had to be perfect, their hair was braided, they were covered in the most delicately woven tapestry, they usually came from noble families and they were honoured to be chosen for the sacrifice. Recently mummified remains of these sacrificed children have been found at archaeological digs in Peru.

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