Question | Answer |
Where was the Inca empire located? | 3, 000 miles down the west coast of South America
From the Andes Mountains in the North to Chile |
What are the Inca best known for? | building temples, palaces and other buildings our of stone
building stone roads
building rope suspension bridges
built all these things with out any plans or wheels
used llamas to carry goods, but not able to carry the huge stones |
How was Inca society organized? | Upper Class
Middle class
Lower class |
Who is upper class | emperor's family, other nobles, and priests, relatives held top postiions in government - live a life of luxury |
Who is middle class | craftsmen with special skills, goldsmiths, stone cutters, weavers |
Who are lower class | Farmers, herders, fishermen - worked on land and required to work on projects for emperor |
How did the Inca practice their religion? | believed in creator god and many other gods related to nature
believed in life after death
celebrated religious holidays with dancing procession and sacrifices
practiced human sacrifices only in times or disaster
all social classes mummified |
What is the Sun God called | Inti - worshiped him to have good harvests |
When was the Inca empire at its peak? | In 1438 it began conquering other tribes
Emperor Pachuti was the leader then
at that time had about 10,000,000 people |
What was the government like? | at the head was the emperor - called sapa or just Inca
many officials served under him - mostly relatives
everyone had to follow his rules
he appointed judges to carry out the laws
believed he was family to the sun-god, so they worshiped him |