What is a quipu according to the passage?
The Inca and earlier Andean societies kept records with the quipu, a set of cords hanging from a main cord. Knots tied at different heights and in different styles stood for numbers, and the colours of the cords may have indicated the type of goods counted, such as llamas or maize. Specialists called quipucamayocs kept and read these records for the state. Scholars agree that many quipus recorded quantities. Some researchers suspect that a few also held other kinds of information, perhaps even stories, but no one has yet shown this convincingly, and the question remains open.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. A set of knotted cords used to keep records
- Step 1: The first sentence defines the quipu as a set of cords hanging from a main cord.
- Step 2: The following lines say knots stood for numbers.
Answer
A set of knotted cords used to keep records.
Why not the others: The passage mentions no cloth, scale or stone alphabet.
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