Lesson 29- Inca

Around 1200 C.E., the Incas first settled their capital city, which they called

• Yupanqui

• Chancas

• Pachacuti

• Cuzco

According to one Inca legend, the people were descended from

• Inti, the sun god.

• the Chancas.

• Pachacuti, the earthshaker.

• the Moche and the Chimu.

The Incas transmitted messages from one part of their empire to another by

• using riders on horseback.

• an elaborate relay system.

• sending smoke signals.

• using trained carrier pigeons.

How did the Incas keep their official records?

• They wrote information on animal skins, using plant-based ink.

• They carved their records into stone tablets called steles.

• They used symbols to record their achievements on tortoise shells.

• They recorded information using sets of strings called quipus.

Incan society was

• very fluid, and people could move from one level to another.

• based on a strictly organized class structure.

• ranked by age, and people moved up through the ranks as they grew older.

• very egalitarian, meaning that no Incan was superior to any other.

Where did the Sapa Inca get his authority?

• from the people who elected him

• from the great riches that bought him the throne

• from the army generals who supported him

• from his ancestor, Inti the sun god

Why were the Capac Incas considered the highest ranking nobles?

• They has risen through the ranks of the common people.

• They were the leaders of conquered peoples.

• They were considered to be related to the emperor.

• They had more money than other nobles.

How did the government help those who were in need?

• It kept distributing food to those who did not have enough.

• It required commoners to work as caretakers of the elderly.

• It set up hospitals to provide medical care for the sick.

• It provided road-building jobs to the unemployed.

Families in the Inca Empire belonged to larger clans called

• quipus

• chasquis

• ayllus

• oracles

How was land owned and managed in the Inca Empire?

• Individual Incas owned and farmed their own land.

• The government owned the land and loaned it to ayllus to farm.

• The ayllus owned the land and loaned it to curacas to farm.

• The government owned the land and paid individuals to farm it.