The Surplus
What are some of the animals that the Incas ate?
Llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs
Did the Incas use a written language?
No
True or False: The Incas had a currency
False
Were the Inca polytheistic or monotheistic?
They were polytheistic
What are two of the most common jobs?
Craftsmen, weavers and merchants
What were some of the crops the Incas grew?
Potatoes, quinoa, chili peppers, peanuts and corn.
What did the officials keep track of?
Historical and accounting records such as tributes and taxes
What was the king or emperor called?
The Sapa Inca
Where would the Inca go to get closer to the gods?
Mountain tops, caves, springs, temples and shrines
What two metals would the craftsmen merge together to make bronze?
Tin and copper
What did the Inca build to help provide them with water?
Irrigation canals and cisterns.
If something couldn’t be recorded, what would the Inca do?
official memorizers would memorize poems, legends and historical events
From which god was the king believed to descend from?
Inti, the sun god
What are two ways the Inca would honor the gods?
Prayers, fasting, and sacrificing animals.
What are two materials that the stonemasons used to build cities?
Granite and limestone.
Why did the Inca cut terraces into hillsides?
Because they didn’t have enough space for farming.
What would the Inca use to record things and what was it called?
They would use knotted cords called quipu
True or False: Both the upper and lower class had to pay the same amount of taxes
False, the lower class had to pay taxes that the upper class didn’t have to pay.
What was the highest way of showing honor to the gods?
Sacrificing humans, specifically children and teenagers
Why were architects and engineers considered to be higher than artisans in class?
Engineers are not as common as artisans therefore making them more important and of a higher class.
What are the one room warehouses used to store food called?
Qollqas
What language would the Inca speak?
A form of the Quechua language
What was a group of nobles called?
panaqa
What were some ways the Inca would sacrifice the people?
Strangulation, a blow to the head, suffocation or burying them alive.