Incan Daily Life

What was a group of Incan families called?

• clan

• class

• ayllu

True or False?

Once a person was born into an ayllu, he/she stayed in it his/her entire life.

• True

• False

Peasants in the Inca Empire worked very hard. What was they only time that they did not work?

• on Sundays

• during religious festivals

• after the sun went down

Where did Incan women work during the day?

• in the home

• in the fields

• in a castle

The type of ___________ an Incan person wore showed what social status or ayllu he/she was from.

• crown

• hairstyle

• coat

If an Incan person could no longer take care of himself/herself, the ___________ cared for him/her.

• government

• farmers

• king

Only the _______ children went to school.

• poor

• middle class

• wealthy

True or False?

Incan parents watched over their children almost all of the time.

• True

• False

True or False?

Only the rich and the government officials were allowed to travel around the Incan empire.

• True

• False

Government inspectors kept an eye on the commoners. They even checked to see if the Incan people kept their ____________ clean.

• animals

• homes

• tools