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Inca : Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Another Inca Quiz. This one is on modern day discoveries to test your knowledge. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by SheWolf316. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
SheWolf316

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,437

Updated
Jul 10 23

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Question 1 of 5

1. The Inca empire is said to have been as large, powerful and as populated as the empire of Alexander The Great.

True

False

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Question 2 of 5

2. These monuments were essential for farming as well as defense. What were they? Hint

Terraces

Roads

Fortresses

Buildings

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Question 3 of 5

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

Sun

Water

Earth

Creation

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Question 4 of 5

4. 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? Hint

Juanita

Tanta Carhua

Tatoola

Rachael

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Question 5 of 5

5. What was "La Momia del Cerro El Plomo"? Hint

a festival

a person

a ceremony

a mummy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Inca empire is said to have been as large, powerful and as populated as the empire of Alexander The Great.

Answer: True

Empires are often as difficult to keep as to acquire.

2. These monuments were essential for farming as well as defense. What were they?

Answer: Terraces

These terraces were carved into the steep mountain sides. The most note worthy still stands today at a Temple in the sacred valley of Urubamba.

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

Answer: Sun

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

4. 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?

Answer: Juanita

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

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

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.

Source: Author SheWolf316

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