The INCA Empire

By Grade 3

Education• Only the wealthy people had

education• Children were taught stories

And poems relating to history• Boys were taught religion,

history and language• Women were taught how to

weave and cook

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Education• Not all girls got the chance to

go to school• Girls with talent or beauty

were chosen• Parents taught their children

about hunting, fishing, agriculture, stone works and other general necessities in life

Home material They used roughly shaped stones, finely shaped stones, and mud or clay to smooth the rough walls. Homes were formal but simple. Sometimes The wealthy had stones connected with other homes. Homes were usually one small room.

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homes Small huts They use different kinds of

rocks They cover them in mud or

clay They also have one room in

each hut Some houses had decorated

walls with animals or patterns They made a lot of things

with gold and silver

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Their roofs are slanted so the rain slides off

They built beautiful cities with stone block bridges to protect them

They have no windows They have grass roofs

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citiesThe Inca's built beautiful cities. They liked to match their buildings with the landscape. Homes were formal but simple. Incas loved things made out of silver and gold. They’re large and strong enough to protect them from earthquakes.

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transportation They have roads that are reliable, they had horses that they rode around they also rode on llamas. They put logs on the roads for lines and the roads were rough and bumpy. If they didn’t have transportation they wouldn’t be able to trade with other countries

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They had stone bridges and rafts that were used to cross big rivers. steps of stone so they could go up steep slopes and built caves to get through hills. It allowed the Inca Empire to send his troops from place to place easily.

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The Inca's did not have wheels, so they couldn’t drive. They didn’t have horses or cows. They used Llama’s for transportation.

transportation

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Lama’s also provided food and wool. They also used canoes to travel down rivers and across bodies of water.

llama’s for Transportation

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• Their three main foods were corn, potatoes, quinoa

• They also ate lots of fruit, peanuts, coco leaves to make chocolate and freeze dried meats (which they stomped on to dry)

• For meat they ate fish and guinea pigs and llamas

• They stored food for when it was needed

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• They grew enough food to feed 15 million people

• The Incas invented popcorn

• They ate at 9 in the morning and 4 in the evening

• They mainly ate soup and a mildly alcoholic drink called chicha

• they built terraces to make more land to grow food on

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food• Potatoes is one of their main

food diet.• Maize is also one of their main

food.• Another popular food that

came from Inca is popcorn • Quinoa is an ancient grain of

inca

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Power of food• The Inca worshipped the god

of sun because he gave them light and heat necessary for food

• They would store food around the empire so when the army travel they would have food available

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Inca meat

• The incans ate meats such as guinea pig, llamam, alpacas, and vicuna

• Sometimes if they were near the coast, they would eat seafood such as dolphin, penguin, and sea lions

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religionThe Incas worshiped the gods of nature, like the sun and rainbow gods. They also worshiped huacas, which were sacred places and things.

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religionEvery month the Incas held a big religious festival. These festivals were held outside. Games, songs, food, parades, and animal sacrifices were part of these festivals.

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religion

the incas believed in the afterlife, and would mummify the bodies. However, they treated the dead as if they were alive! The servants would bring food, and during the festivals, they would carry them through the streets.

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ReligionΩ Viracocha was their main godΩ The emperor also prayed to the sun

god IntiΩ Inca people never made a decision

without trying to find out the will of the gods

Ω The earth goddess, Pachamama, was one of the most important female gods, and the sea and the moon were also worshiped as goddesses

Ω These gods spoke to people through oracles (prophets)

Ω When they got angry the sent natural disasters, like earthquakes and droughts, to punish those who made them mad

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More ReligionΩ They would sacrifice

childrenΩ The emperor would bless

them and then they would go home to be sacrificed

Ω It was considered a great honour to be sacrificed

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aylluAyllu is what the family unit was called. The lived in clans. They had a leader that was called mullcu. The leader had to listen to the INCA .boys need to be married to become an adult. There were upper and lower classes.

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childrenWhen they are born they are washed in the nearest stream, they are put in their cradle the first time after four days, they are called Wawa's for the first two years they also get their first hair cut at two. They wait to name them officially so it reflects themselves .

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Family lifeMan- supports his family and helps the government.

Woman- They make clothing for the family, they make food, and they take care of the children.

Children- They were not old enough to work with their parents until they were older.

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• gFamily LifeWhen the Baby is born the mom does not hold it. The baby is safe in the house while everybody worked. If the kids were bad the parents would punish them badly. +The mom would hold their kid over burning chilli peppers.

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• Pyramid Governmentpyramid

The sapa inca had a government pyramid and he was at the top of it! The rest on the pyramid is supreme council, provincial governs, officials, tax collectors and workers. The sapa inca normally put family members and relatives in power. But you could work your way up the pyrimid. It was easy to see if someone was royal or not because when they were kids they had boards strapped to there heads, it made there heads pointy. Incas thought pointy heads were symbols of beauty.

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• Hands Punishment

If you were mean to the inca or murdered you would be thrown off a cliff! If you stole or cheated you could have your hands or feet cut off. As well you could be stoned to death and hung on a wall to freeze.

If you survived yourn punishment you would be taken care of and fed and clothed by the empire. Your job was to tell people about the crime that you have done for the rest of your life.

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Clothing• Everyone dressed in the

same fashion rich or poor.• The quality varied.• The rich wore soft and

heavily embroidered clothing.

• The poor wore coarse wool clothes.

• But the style was they same.

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Clothing• Men wore sleeveless knee-

length tunics, with ponchos and cloaks.

• Women wore long dresses and capes fastened with a pin of cheap metal or gold, depending of their status.

• Clothing was woven cotton or wool cloth.

• Both men and women wore colourful sashes

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