Question

How did the Inca civilization modify their environment to grow new crops?

A. by digging deep wells to provide spring water
B. by damming rivers to provide water in nearby areas
C. by building irrigation canals to bring water from rivers
D. by creating artificial lakes to water their fields

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

They developed resilient breeds of crops such as potatoes, quinoa and corn. They built cisterns and irrigation canals that snaked and angled down and around the mountains. And they cut terraces into the hillsides, progressively steeper, from the valleys up the slopes.