Question

how did they expand the empire so quickly and effectively? life in traditional andean villages was fragile. to increase success, one married couple would help another planting or harvesting crops. they would receive help in their own fields in return. members of a community supported one another. the inca tailored this practice of reciprocity - give - and - take - to their own needs. their cities centered on great plazas where they throw vast parties for neighboring chiefs. festivities continued for days on end, sometimes lasting a month. dignitaries were fed, and given gifts of gold, jewels, and textiles. only then would the inca make their requests for labor, to increase food production, to build irrigation schemes, to terrace hillsides, or to extend the limits of the empire. while warfare was occasionally used to expand the empire, diplomacy and marriages were more common unifiers. the empire provided these new territories with security and goods in exchange for their labor. machu picchu the inca were great builders. they loved stone - almost as much as they revered gold. at magical machu picchu, a frontier fortress and a sacred site, a mystic column called the hitching post of the sun is carved from the rock as it comes out of the ground. another slab or rock is shaped as a miniature model of the mountain looming over the city. temples and fortifications at machu picchu were constructed from magnificent boulders, some weighing 100 tons or more. constructed without mortar, the joins between them are so tight as to deny a knife - blade entry. a vast labor force was required. 4. part b: which quote from paragraph 10 best supports the answer to part a? a. “dignitaries were fed, and given gifts of gold, jewels, and textiles.” b. “warfare was occasionally used to expand the empire,” c. “diplomacy and marriages were more common unifiers.” d. “the empire provided these new territories with security and goods in exchange for their labor.”

Explanation:

Part A's answer likely pertains to how the Inca expanded the empire. The quote about diplomacy and marriages being more common unifiers shows a non - warfare method of expansion which is a key aspect of empire - building strategies.

Answer:

C. "diplomacy and marriages were more common unifiers."