Vocab
A flat strip of level land
What is a terrace?
Pachacuti used military force and this to increase the Inca Empire
what is diplomacy ?
Commoners lived in these community housing complexes
What is the Ayllus?
This city was the center of the Inca government
What is Cuzco?
The Inca participated in a ceremony that sacrificed
What are children ages 4-16?
Labor tax
What is Mita
Under Pachacuti's terms of diplomacy conquered peoples could
What is keep their customs and local rulers?
birth, appointed, and curcas
Incans kept records on this device
What is the Quipu?
The Inca benefited from safety from droughts, and their needs being met due to being this kind of state
What is a Welfare State
a population survey
What is a census?
Huayna Capac's death resulted in this
What is a civil war?
The Inca believed he was descended from the Sun God
Who is the Sapa?
The supreme council was made up of
Who are the four governors?
This language helped unify their empire
What is the Quechua?
The management of a government or business
What is Administration?
The main reason the Inca civilizations could grow in the Andes was due to this type of agriculture
What is terrace farming?
This group had the least amount of rights
Who are the commoners
The Inca government took responsibility for its people. In return people had this to make sure laws were not being broken
What are strict laws and harsh punishments
Before supplying their own Allyus, commoners had to supply this first
What are state projects?
management of communication and relationships between peoples or nation
What is diplomacy?
The Andes were a harsh environment because of these main challenges
The climate was cold, the land was steep and rocky, and there was less oxygen
This caste in society would alter the shape of their heads, and elongate their earlobes
Who are the nobles?
defeated people had to learn this to help spread the Inca oral tradition
What is the Quechua language?
This achievement tied the empire together by going through deserts, mountains and jungles
What is the Inca road?