FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Llama trains
|
|
|
Chasquis (runners with the quipu)
|
|
|
Ordinary poeple
|
|
|
Government officials
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Ordinary people were not permitted to use the roads for private purposes unless they had official permission. They also sometimes had to pay tolls for the privilege, especially at bridges.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prime users were imperial soldiers, porters and llama caravans, along with the nobility and individuals on official duty. Permission was required before others could walk along the roads, and tolls were charged at some bridges.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inca Road System, Used Almost Exclusively by People Walking and by Pack Animals including Llamas. The Q’eswachaka bridge, an Inka suspension (catenary) bridge on the Apurimac River near Huinchiri, Peru. This is the last Inka style bridge in Perù.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most common people were farmers, artisans, or servants. There were no slaves in Inca society. Lower-class men and women farmed on government lands, served in the army, worked in mines, and built roads. Children of common Inca were not educated.
Detailed explanation-5: -The common people had no freedom. By Inca law, they could not travel on the roads. By law, they could not be idle. They had a little time each day for bathing and eating and sleeping, and the rest of the time, they had to be working, unless they were attending a religious festival.