Which of the following rulers extended the Incan Empire north to present-day Ecuador and south to present-day Argentina and Chile?

A. Moctezuma I

B. Pacal the Great

C. Huayna Capac

D. Ac Kan

The correct answer is C. Huayna Capac extended the Incan Empire north to present-day Ecuador and south to present-day Argentina and Chile.

Explanation:

Huayna Capac was the eleventh Inca (king) of the Incan Empire, from 1493 until 1527, and the sixth in the Hanan Cusco dynasty. He succeeded Tupac Yupanqui. He was the father of Ninan Cuyochi, Huascar, Atahualpa, Tupac Huallpa, Manco Inca Yupanqui and Pawllu Inca.

Huayna Capac extended the Incan Empire considerably south, to the present day Chile and Argentina. For many years, he and his armies fought to connect to the kingdom lands lying north of his kingdom, from what is now Ecuador (and a small area of Colombia) to the far north of Chinchaysuyo province. The capital of the empire lay far to the south in Cusco, and Huayna Capac hoped to build a strong fort in the north of the city of Quito.