Question

A)
Which statement
best
describes the vertical archipelago found in the Inca Empire?
(1 point)
The Inca Empire expanded quickly along the Andes Mountains, conquering most of the western coast of
South America.
Different elevations of the Andes Mountains provided different goods and resources.
Terraced agriculture critical to food production occurred at only the highest elevations.
The Inca Empire conquered vertically along mountains, rather than North and South along the cost of
South America.

Answer 1

The best choice is: "Different elevations of the Andes Mountains provided different goods and resources."

Explanation: The vertical archipelago refers to the Inca practice of exploiting multiple ecological zones at different altitudes (e.g., coast, highlands, cloud forest) to obtain diverse crops and resources.