The Inca Location
What is the name of the continent where the Incas were located?
South America
Explain how the Supreme Inca was chosen.
It was hereditary/ pass on from father to son
State one form of tax that the Inca commoners provided.
Cotton, food, cloth, pottery, crafts, wool
What was the name of the Inca recording system called?
Quipu
What was the major crop of the Incas?
Potato
What was the name of the mountain where the Incas dominated?
The Andes mountain
What was the gold and silver that belonged to the Supreme Inca called?
The gold called ‘tears of the sun’ and sliver ‘the tears of moon’
State two modern-day countries in the Americas where the Incas were located.
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina
What was the Inca runners called?
Chasqui
List three purposes of the Llama,
For its meat to eat.
To carry loads
And to graze farmlands
Who created the Supreme Inca?
The sun god/ The supreme god
What was the name of the Supreme Inca's wives?
Coyas
State one role of each of these groups in the Inca society. Nobles and Officials
Nobility
Had influence in the politics of the society
Dealt with administrative responsibilities for the entire empire.
Ensure orders of the Supreme Inca were carried out.
Officials (governors/administrators)
Keeper of all records
Organizing mobile labour forces
Maintaining the vast network of roads and bridges in their jurisdiction
Collected taxes
How was the community leader chosen?
He was elected
Explain what the Inca buildings were made out of.
Buildings were made of sturdy blocks of boulders cut into shaped stone to set them firmly together,
List two Inca city-states
Quito, Cuzco, Cajamarca, Tumbes, and Lima
The Incas worshipped many gods, what does this mean?
They were polytheistic
Explain how the priests performed human sacrifices
The human was sacrificed in the form of mummified bodies. They were placed on cold mountaintops as offerings to the gods.
What was the Inca name given to each community leader?
Mallen
List the two types of major bridges that the Incas constructed.
Suspension and swring bridge
What is the name of the Inca's first city?
Norte Chico
What was the name of the first Inca ruler in the American continent they settled in?
Manco Capac
State the groups of persons in the Inca social hierarchy
Supreme Inca/Sapa Inca/King
Royalties
Nobles/Priest
Officials- (governor, administrator)
Chief/Mallen/leader
Commoners- (artisan, farmers)
What was the name given to each community in the Inca society?
clan/ayllu
Explain how the Incas practice terracing
method of growing crops on the sides of mountains by planting on step-like terraces built into the slope The Incas anchored their step-like terraces with stones and built canals to irrigate the land.