Q 01/05

What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

A) Lima

B) Cajamarca

C) Quito

D) Cusco

Answer · why

D) Cusco

The four provinces of the empire met at the city, which the Incas saw as its navel.

Q 02/05

What did the Incas call their empire, a name meaning 'realm of the four parts'?

A) Qhapaq Nan

B) Tawantinsuyu

C) Vilcabamba

D) Pachamama

Answer · why

B) Tawantinsuyu

The four suyus were Chinchaysuyu, Antisuyu, Qullasuyu and Kuntisuyu.

Q 03/05

What was the official language of the Inca Empire?

A) Quechua

B) Nahuatl

C) Puquina

D) Aymara

Answer · why

A) Quechua

It was a lingua franca rather than the Incas' own tongue, which was probably related to Puquina.

Q 04/05

Which of these did the Incas build their empire WITHOUT, according to anthropologist Gordon McEwan?

A) Roads and bridges

B) Terraced agriculture

C) The wheel, iron and writing

D) Domesticated animals

Answer · why

C) The wheel, iron and writing

They also had no draft animals; llamas carried packs but nothing pulled a plough or a cart.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the knotted-string device the Incas used for record keeping?

A) Quipu

B) Ayllu

C) Chasqui

D) Tambo

Answer · why

A) Quipu

They kept excellent census records on them, but the knowledge of how to read them was lost.