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Inca Civilization
social studies 150 unit 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what influenced the Inca Civilization? | the scientific and cultural achievements, such as farming techniques and craft-making skills, of South America's first cities |
| the capital of the Incas was? | Cuzco |
| What was an ayllu ? | a group of families that worked a portion of land together. They shared most of their belongings with each other just like a larger family. Everyone in the Inca Empire was a member of an ayllu. |
| between what ages would women marry? | 14-16 |
| how did commoners pay their taxes | commoners had to pay their taxes through labor. They worked for the government as soldiers, builders, or farmers. |
| what did nobles do? | they had important jobs in the government. They could own land and did not have to pay taxes. |
| at age 14 what would noble men do? | wear large gold earplugs. They would put in bigger and bigger plugs over time. |
| what did Inca hairstyles tell you? | The type of hairstyle you wore told people your social status as well as what group, or ayllu, you were from. |
| what was a sign of nobility in regards to hair? | pointed heads |
| did all Inca children go to school? | no, only wealthy children went to school |
| what did peasant children do? | when they were still young they would start working and only learned the craft or skill that would be their job for the rest of their lives. |
| how big was the Inca empire in he 1500s? | the empire stretched for over 2,000 miles from the north to the south and had a population of an estimated 10 million people. |
| what was the Inca government called and what kind of government was it? | The Inca government was called Tawantinsuyu and it was a monarchy. |
| What was the ruler of the Inca empire called | The emperor or king of the Inca Empire was called the Sapa Inca, which means "sole ruler." |
| what was the Sapa Inca's wife called | the Coya |
| Inkap Rantin | a close relative of the Sapa Inca and worked as his closest advisor. |
| Willaq Umu | The high priest who was probably second in power to the Sapa Inca due to the importance of religion in the Inca Empire. |
| Governors of a Quarter | The Inca Empire was divided up into four quarters. Each of these quarters was ruled by a governor called an "Apu." |
| Council of the Realm | a council of men who advised the Sapa Inca on major matters. These men were powerful nobles. |
| Tokoyrikoq | maintained control and made sure people were paying their taxes and following the ways of the Inca. |
| Apukuna | military generals. |
| what taxes did the Allyus have to pay? | The first tax was a portion of the ayllu's crops. The second type of tax was the mit'a, a labor tax that each man between the ages of 16 and 60 had to pay by working for the government for a portion of the year. |
| what were there laws against | Murder, stealing, cheating on taxes, and cursing the gods |
| could people improve their social status? | No, Once a person was born into a social class, that was where they would remain for the rest of their life. |
| Noble Class (Inca Class) | was made up of the people directly descended from the people who first established the city of Cuzco. |
| Inca-by-privilege | These people were considered nobles, but they were not as high in class as the true Inca. |
| Commoners | were mainly artisans |
| The Inca believed that their gods occupied three different realms | 1) the sky or Hanan Pacha, 2) the inner earth or Uku Pacha, and 3) the outer earth or Cay pacha. |
| What was the Inca religion like? | polytheistic. they also believed their Sapa Inca was part god |
| who were their two main gods | Inti and Mama quilla the gods of the sun and moon |
| what was the most important temple? | the Coricancha built in the heart of the city of Cuzco |
| the afterlife | the Inca believed strongly in an afterlife. They took great care in embalming and mummifying the bodies of the dead before burial. |
| were Incas advanced in technology | No, they did not use the wheel for transport, they did not have a writing system for records, and they did not even have iron for making tools. |
| how did Incas communicate? | chaskis would run on the roads and pass messages on to each other to get from one place to another. |
| terrace farming | a system of farmer where the Incas created flat land by building steps of land for agriculture down the mountainside. |
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