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Random Cultural Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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huaca

A

spirits, gods, divinities

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2
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chicha

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beer (fermented from maïze)

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3
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Collasuyu

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East

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4
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Chinchasuyu

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West

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5
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Antisuyu

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East region

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6
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pancurcu

A

straw torches used during religious festivals

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7
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Inti

A

Sun god

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8
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Pachamama

A

Earth goddess

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9
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abra

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pass, ‘col’, ‘paso’

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10
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mascapaicha / mascaypacha

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Inca’s fringed headdress

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11
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chasqui

A

Inca messenger

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12
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quipu

A

In an knotted fiber message stick

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13
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calla

A

priestesses of Inti (and servants of the Inca)

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14
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ahuasca

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Incan weaving of alpaca and llama (for commoners)

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15
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cumbi

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Incan weaving of vicuña (for elite only)

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16
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quellca

A

embroidered cloth, often depicting historical information

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17
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chaka

A

bridge

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18
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suyuyoc

A

governor

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19
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taclla

A

wooden mattock

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20
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mitimaes

A
  • displaced population,

- military garrison occupying conquered territory

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21
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ayllu

A

domestic unit, household

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22
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quipucamayoc

A

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

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23
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mita

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

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24
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waranga

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administrative unit of 1000 tributaries

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25
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huacas

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  • holy site
  • monument
  • spirit of the air
  • statuette
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26
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supay

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Incan notion akin to the devil

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27
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keros

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vessels used for performing ritual libations

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28
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yana

A

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

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29
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huatana

A

hitching post, ‘place to which to tie’

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30
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machu

A

old, ancient

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31
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picchu

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peak, summit

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32
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huayna

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young, recent

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33
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Cuntisuyu

A

South?

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34
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moya

A

country estate

35
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cumara

A

sweet potato

36
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chicha

A

beer fermented from maïze

37
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olla

A

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

38
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champi

A

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

39
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huasi

A

house, home

40
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mama-cuna

A

teachers, matrons of acllas

41
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huilca

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‘…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

42
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amauta

A

Peruvian kings, pre-Inca?

43
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Tupac Yupanqui

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

44
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Tampu-tocco

A

‘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

45
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soroche

A

altitude sickness; may be Spanish rather than Quechua word

46
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mucha

A

kiss; reverential gesture, perhaps to the Sun?

47
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uru

A

caterpillar, grub

48
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sala

49
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pata

A

height, terrace, hill

50
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lactate

51
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kori

52
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huayra

53
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huayrachina

A

threshing floor where winnowing takes place

54
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yurak

55
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rumi

56
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(n)yoc

A

place, locale

57
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Marco

58
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tambo / Tampa

A

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

59
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huaracana

A

shoot using a sling

60
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mayu

61
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Apurímac

A

great speaker

62
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andene

63
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milpa (may be Spanish)

A

swidden farming

64
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azequia

A

aqueduct, often cut in the living rock

65
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cocha

66
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yana

67
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cancha

68
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suyu

A

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

69
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Tawantinsuyu

A

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

70
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Pachacuti

A

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

71
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panaqa

A

Inca royal descent group

72
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atoq

73
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chacnac

74
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Cham I

A

Incan battle axe

75
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runa

76
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simi

77
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qherua

78
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runasimi

A

what Incan people called their own language

79
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papa

80
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qullqi

81
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mama-kilts

A

moon goddess

82
Q

tap tana

A

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

83
Q

chuño

A

freeze-dried potatoes

84
Q

Saqsaywaman

A

fortress of the satisfied falcon

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