The Inca

Inca Day 6

Multiple Choice

The capital city of the Incan Empire was ____

• Machu Picchu
• Divining
• Cuzco
• Huacas

Multiple Choice

Where are the Inca located? 

• Apennine Mountains 
• Alps Mountains
• Andes Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains 

Multiple Choice

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming

Multiple Choice

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

• blue

• red

• gray

• green

Multiple Choice

What continent was the Inca Empire located?

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• Australia

Multiple Choice

What is a census?

• An official count of people and important objects

• A way to vote for a new leader

• Many llamas

• a market to get more pottery

​Tribute

​The Inca did not use any form of money. Like the Aztecs, they had a

tribute, or tax, system. The government collected tribute in two ways.

1. people paid with crops, pottery, textiles, and gems.

​Tribute

​​2. For a month, every common man had to serve in the army, in the mines, or in construction - building roads, temples, and palaces.

Open Ended

How do you think Incan people were able to build these impressive structures without tools or machinery?

Multiple Choice

The Inca built ____ to help them travel from one mountain to another.

• roads

• chinampas

• suspension bridges

• stone houses

Open Ended

Would you walk across these bridges? Why or why not?

​Roads

​The Inca road were very well built. They belonged to the government. The Incas never invented the wheel. Yet, in less than a hundred years, the Incas built over 14,000 miles of road. Roads connected every piece of the empire.

​Roads

​The roads were used by the nobles, the military, the roadrunners (the Inca postmen) and by traders who had received permission. There were road signs along the road, so for those who could use the road, you always knew where you were.

​Roads

​The common people were not allowed to use them unless they had special permission from the government to do so. If a commoner used the roads without permission, they were tossed off a mountain.

​Roads

​These roads were so well built that many of the Inca roads are still in use today.

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​How old are these roads that were built in 1428?

Multiple Choice

What were the roads made out of?

• rock

• metal

• dirt

Multiple Choice

Roads were built so commoners could safely travel from city to city.

• True

• False

​Road runners

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Many young boys in the Inca Empire dreamed of one day becoming a mailman. Only the best were chosen. Potential mailmen had to work hard to achieve their goal. They had to attend a special school that taught them how to be mailmen. The mailmen in the Inca Empire had to be physical fit, good listeners, with great memories. They ran the roads, carrying messages.  

​Road runners

It was each runner’s job to run a mile or two down the road. As he approached the next relay station, the runner blew loudly on a conch shell to alert the next runner to get ready. The next runner would appear, running along side him.

​Road Runners

​Without stopping, the first runner told the second runner the message. The second runner speeded ahead until he reached the next relay station. And so it went, from one point in the empire to another. The mail system was a system of relay runners.  

​Road Runners

This relay system was so effective that runners could move messages at a rate of about 250 miles a day. Without runners, controlling the vast Inca Empire would have been next to impossible. With the runners, news and orders traveled rapidly and accurately from one end of the empire to the other.

Open Ended

Describe how information was shared in the Inca Empire.

Information was shared by: