Deck 7: South America: the Inca and Their Predecessors

Question 1

The emergence of hierarchical societies with monumental constructions on the dry Pacific coast of Peru

A) occurred soon after the development of pottery.
B) preceded the advent of pottery making in western South America.
C) rapidly spurred the development of highly decorated ceramic forms.
D) was contemporary with the advent of pottery in western South America.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Where would you expect to find the best archaeological preservation for ancient textiles?

A) the Peruvian coast
B) the monta-a
C) Amazonia
D) highland Andean open-air sites

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Tawantinsuyu, the Inca empire, literally refers to the

A) Land of Opportunity.
B) Land of 4 Seasons.
C) Land of 4 Quarters.
D) Land of Llamas.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Compared to the market at Tenochtitlán-Tlatelolco, the market at Cuzco was

A) large with a more diverse array of products.
B) small and peripherally located.
C) known for the greater abundance of cacao, which was used as a currency.
D) described in more detail by the Spanish.

Question 5

Which of the following pairs can be said to be roughly contemporary?

A) Chav'n and Chimú
B) Nazca and Inca
C) Nazca and Chimú
D) Moche and Nazca
E) Inca and Chav'n

Question 6

The capital of the Chimú (Kingdom of Chimor) was

A) Wari.
B) Chan Chan.
C) Tiwanaku.
D) Cuzco.

Question 7

The Inca quipu was used for

A) the roadside storage of food.
B) cooking maize beer.
C) numerical recording and calculation.
D) the construction of suspension bridges.

Question 8

Llamas generally carry loads that weigh up to ___ pounds.

A) 50
B) 100
C) 200
D) 500

Question 9

Raised fields have been found in the vicinity of

A) Tiwanaku.
B) El Para'so.
C) Moche.
D) Machu Picchu

Question 10

Huaca del Sol is

A) an Inca administrative center.
B) a Moche deity often represented on pottery.
C) a Late Horizon site noted for its finely cut and coursed masonry.
D) a Tiwanaku outpost located on the South coast of Peru.
E) a huge adobe brick pyramid dating to Moche times.

Question 11

The Inca road system

A) was constructed for wheeled vehicles.
B) included suspension bridges.
C) spanned more than 100,000 km.
D) was restricted to royal caravans.

Question 12

Each ciudadela at Chan Chan contained a

A) raised field.
B) carved stone.
C) burial platform.
D) llama burial.

Question 13

At European contact, the largest empire in the Americas was situated in

A) the Andes.
B) highland Mesoamerica.
C) the Petén.
D) the Amazon Basin.

Question 14

The art at Chav'n de Huantar includes

A) polychrome vases fashioned on the pottery wheel.
B) carved stone slabs covered with written texts.
C) anthropomorphic figures that combine the features of different animal forms.
D) posed human figures closely resembling those found in ancient Greece.

Question 15

At El Para'so, the diet included all of the following except

A) shellfish.
B) starchy tropical tubers.
C) domesticated squash.
D) birds and small mammals.
E) Chilean sea bass.

Question 16

Besides participating in the production of food for the subsistence of his kin group, adults had to perform a certain amount of labor for the Moche state. The labor tribute was called the

A) mit'a.
B) bulla.
C) vita.
D) mitmaq.

Question 17

Chan Chan covered approximately

A) 5 sq km.
B) 10 sq km.
C) 20 sq km.
D) 30 sq km.

Question 18

The largest empire in the Americas, in terms of population and area under its control, was

A) the Aztec empire.
B) the Sumerian empire.
C) the Chimú empire.
D) the Inca empire.

Question 19

Which of the following were domesticated in South America?

A) turkey and dog
B) sheep and goat
C) guinea pig and llama
D) horse and cat

Question 20

The Inca capital was

A) Sipán.
B) Huánuco Pampa.
C) Machu Picchu.
D) Cuzco.
E) Chan Chan.

Question 21

Which of the following was not an Inca site?

A) Machu Picchu
B) Cuzco
C) Huánuco Pampa
D) Sipán

Question 22

Discuss two strategies promoted by the Inca rulers to integrate and consolidate their political domain.

Question 23

The Inca road system did all of the following except

A) charge tolls for carts and other wheeled vehicles.
B) include suspension bridges.
C) cross deserts and mountains.
D) involve networks of roadside lodgings and storage places.

Question 24

Discuss differences in the exchange systems that characterized later prehispanic polities in Middle and South America.

Question 25

The individuals buried in the pyramid at Sipán appear to have been key participants in the

A) Inca conquest.
B) creation of Nazca geoglyphs.
C) Sacrifice Ceremony.
D) mit'a.

Question 26

Which craft item was most central to the workings of the Inca polity?

A) pottery
B) cloth
C) stone tools
D) quipu.

Question 27

Compare the Inca empire with the tributary domain of the Aztecs.

Question 28

What is the mit'a system? Do you think this system had antecedents in earlier South American polities?

Question 29

Discuss and critique the Maritime Hypothesis.

Question 30

How would you interpret the Chav'n Horizon? What differences and similarities do you see with the Olmec Horizon?

Question 31

Discuss the importance of cloth for prehispanic Andean societies.

Question 32

An Andean recording device that uses knotted strings in a positional decimal system is called a

A) quipu.
B) tampu.
C) huaca.
D) shicra.
E) waranqa.

Question 33

What is meant by split inheritance?

Question 34

The site of Huánuco Pampa included

A) a huge marketplace.
B) the "Great Image."
C) extensive storage facilities.
D) what appears to have been a brothel.

Question 35

Quipus are made of

A) knotted rope.
B) pottery.
C) obsidian.
D) corn.

Question 36

Inca society was socially stratified. Describe three indicators of these differences.