Question

Refer to the passage below.

Many years had not passed before Inca Yupanqui returned again to the frontiers of his conquests, that he
might make a farther progress in reducing the Indians and enlarging his dominions. The report which
the Incas had spread from their beginning of being sent from the Sun (chief god) to instruct and reduce
mankind from a bestial way of living to rules of morality and political society, had made preparation in
all places for reception of their doctrine, and became most plausible and prevalent in the minds of those
people, who knew not how to discover that ambition of the Incas, which they had concealed under the
specious principle of the Sun's Commands: with this pretense the Inca sent to raise eight or nine thousand
men well-armed and having set officers over them, and chosen counselors for himself, he passed the Coun-
try of Collafuyu, and at length arrived at his Fortress called Pucara...from thence he sent Ambassadors to
Taucarcolla and Hatmcolla, (which are Countries of a large extent) requiring them to yield ready submission
and obedience to him, and that being admonished by the example of the Ayaviri (a conquered people) they
should fear to oppose the Progeny of the Sun, lest the like punishments of famine and slaughter should
be the rewards of their rebellion.
Royal Commentaries of the Incas written by Gracilaso de la Vega, son of a conquistador and the sister of
the last two Inca rulers, published in 1609 after interviewing surviving members of the Incan royalty


7. According to de la Vega, the Inca Yupanqui justified his actions as:

(A) A personal desire for glory and gain to expand his domains.

(B) The need to defend the empire from an invasion.

(C) Necessary in order to feed and clothe the people of the empire.

(D) Fulfilling a command from their deities to spread civilization and culture.

Answer 1

Based on the provided passage from the "Royal Commentaries of the Incas" written by Gracilaso de la Vega, the Inca Yupanqui justified his actions as:

(D) Fulfilling a command from their deities to spread civilization and culture.

The passage mentions that the Incas spread the belief that they were sent from the Sun (chief god) to instruct and reduce mankind from a bestial way of living to rules of morality and political society, which made preparation in all places for the reception of their doctrine. This aligns with option (D), suggesting that their actions were justified based on fulfilling a divine command to spread civilization and culture.

Answer 2

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the passage, the Inca Yupanqui justified his actions as:

(D) Fulfilling a command from their deities to spread civilization and culture.

The passage mentions that the Incas spread the belief that they were sent from the Sun (chief god) to instruct and reduce mankind from a bestial way of living to rules of morality and political society. This belief was used as a pretext to justify their actions and conquests.