What is the title of the emperor of the Inca, the single ruler of Tawantinsuyu?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Sapa Inca
- Step 1: The ruler was called Sapa Inca, the unique Inca, and was seen as a descendant of the sun. Step 2. A curaca governed a local group, an apu is a mountain spirit and the priest was another office. Answer: Sapa Inca. Why not the others: Curaca, apu and Willaq Umu are a local chief, a spirit and a priest.
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