Random Cultural Vocabulary

Question 1

huaca

Answer 1

spirits, gods, divinities

Question 2

chicha

Answer 2

beer (fermented from maïze)

Question 3

Collasuyu

Answer 3

East

Question 4

Chinchasuyu

Answer 4

West

Question 5

Antisuyu

Answer 5

East region

Question 6

pancurcu

Answer 6

straw torches used during religious festivals

Question 7

Inti

Answer 7

Sun god

Question 8

Pachamama

Answer 8

Earth goddess

Question 9

abra

Answer 9

pass, ‘col’, ‘paso’

Question 10

mascapaicha / mascaypacha

Answer 10

Inca’s fringed headdress

Question 11

chasqui

Answer 11

Inca messenger

Question 12

quipu

Answer 12

In an knotted fiber message stick

Question 13

calla

Answer 13

priestesses of Inti (and servants of the Inca)

Question 14

ahuasca

Answer 14

Incan weaving of alpaca and llama (for commoners)

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cumbi

Answer 15

Incan weaving of vicuña (for elite only)

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quellca

Answer 16

embroidered cloth, often depicting historical information

Question 17

chaka

Answer 17

bridge

Question 18

suyuyoc

Answer 18

governor

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taclla

Answer 19

wooden mattock

Question 20

mitimaes

Answer 20

• displaced population,

- military garrison occupying conquered territory

Question 21

ayllu

Answer 21

domestic unit, household

Question 22

quipucamayoc

Answer 22

‘knot authority’, keeper of the quipu / records (accountant, of sorts)

Question 23

mita

Answer 23

tax in form of labor / service levied on communities (by the Inca) for communal projects (e.g. Irrigation works, highways)

Question 24

waranga

Answer 24

administrative unit of 1000 tributaries

Question 25

huacas

Answer 25

- holy site - monument - spirit of the air - statuette

Question 26

supay

Answer 26

Incan notion akin to the devil

Question 27

keros

Answer 27

vessels used for performing ritual libations

Question 28

yana

Answer 28

herdsmen (Aymara) around Lake Titicaca. who tended flocks >20,000; exempt from paying tribute, deemed inferior in social rank

Question 29

huatana

Answer 29

hitching post, 'place to which to tie'

Question 30

machu

Answer 30

old, ancient

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picchu

Answer 31

peak, summit

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huayna

Answer 32

young, recent

Question 33

Cuntisuyu

Answer 33

South?

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moya

Answer 34

country estate

Question 35

cumara

Answer 35

sweet potato

Question 36

chicha

Answer 36

beer fermented from maïze

Question 37

olla

Answer 37

beaker-shaped cooking vessel for stews and soups; usually has single foot and handle

Question 38

champi

Answer 38

small crowbar, usually bronze, believed to be part of process to move blocks of shaped building stone into place

Question 39

huasi

Answer 39

house, home

Question 40

mama-cuna

Answer 40

teachers, matrons of acllas

Question 41

huilca

Answer 41

'...a plant from which the aborigines obtain a narcotic snuff (cohoba) whose effects were startlingly intoxicating and induced visions.' Named after amauta Huilcanota or Vilcanota

Question 42

amauta

Answer 42

Peruvian kings, pre-Inca?

Question 43

Tupac Yupanqui

Answer 43

Tupac 'rich in all the virtues', name of son of king Vilcanota / Huilcanota

Question 44

Tampu-tocco

Answer 44

'Place of temporary abode with windows' or 'Window Tavern' to which wounded amauta Pachacuti VI was brought after defending the La Raya/ Vilcanota Pass from invaders coming North from Lake Titicaca

Question 45

soroche

Answer 45

altitude sickness; may be Spanish rather than Quechua word

Question 46

mucha

Answer 46

kiss; reverential gesture, perhaps to the Sun?

Question 47

uru

Answer 47

caterpillar, grub

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sala

Answer 48

ruins

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pata

Answer 49

height, terrace, hill

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lactate

Answer 50

town

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kori

Answer 51

gold

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huayra

Answer 52

wind

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huayrachina

Answer 53

threshing floor where winnowing takes place

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yurak

Answer 54

white

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rumi

Answer 55

rock

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(n)yoc

Answer 56

place, locale

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Marco

Answer 57

millstone

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tambo / Tampa

Answer 58

way station on Inca road (primarily for messengers), tavern

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huaracana

Answer 59

shoot using a sling

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mayu

Answer 60

river

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Apurímac

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great speaker

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andene

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terrace

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milpa (may be Spanish)

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swidden farming

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azequia

Answer 64

aqueduct, often cut in the living rock

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cocha

Answer 65

lake

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yana

Answer 66

black

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cancha

Answer 67

temple

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suyu

Answer 68

part, as in part of the Inca Empire (of which there were four)

Question 69

Tawantinsuyu

Answer 69

name for Inca Empire after expansion by Pachacuti and his son Tupac Inca

Question 70

Pachacuti

Answer 70

name given or taken by Cusi Yupanqui, meaning 'earth shaker' or 'he who turns the world upside down'

Question 71

panaqa

Answer 71

Inca royal descent group

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atoq

Answer 72

fox

Question 73

chacnac

Answer 73

whipping

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Cham I

Answer 74

Incan battle axe

Question 75

runa

Answer 75

people

Question 76

simi

Answer 76

speech

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qherua

Answer 77

valley

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runasimi

Answer 78

what Incan people called their own language

Question 79

papa

Answer 79

potato

Question 80

qullqi

Answer 80

silver

Question 81

mama-kilts

Answer 81

moon goddess

Question 82

tap tana

Answer 82

'surprise attack' aka chess (name given to game by Inca Atalhuapa while in captivity)

Question 83

chuño

Answer 83

freeze-dried potatoes

Question 84

Saqsaywaman

Answer 84

fortress of the satisfied falcon