Question

Investigate the impact of Huayna Capac on the Inca Empire.(1 point)
Responses

Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, worsened infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.
Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, worsened infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.

Huayna Capac ruled over the northern part of the Inca Empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.
Huayna Capac ruled over the northern part of the Inca Empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.

Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.
Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war.

Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two Spanish colonizers, leading to a civil war.
Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two Spanish colonizers, leading to a civil war.

Answer 1

Correct response: "Huayna Capac expanded the reach of the empire, improved infrastructure, and split the empire between two sons, leading to a civil war."

Why: Huayna Capac extended Inca control (notably into present-day Ecuador), invested in roads, administrative centers and other state infrastructure, and his death (likely from disease) precipitated a succession dispute between his sons Atahualpa and Huáscar that led to a destructive civil war which weakened the empire before the Spanish arrived.