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1
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What does Inca Mean?

A

King

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2
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What was the official language of the Incas?

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Quechua

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3
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What was known as “The Inca”?

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garcilaso de la vega

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4
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Half white and half native American People were known as

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Mestizo

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5
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Who was the first Incan Ruler?

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Manco Capac

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6
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Who was Manco Capac’s sister?

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Mama Ocllo

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7
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Who was known as the creator God?

A

Viracocha

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8
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What was the capital city of the Incas?

A

Cuzco

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9
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How many Sapa Incas were there?

A

12

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10
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What were the Sapa Incas?

A

Official Emperors

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11
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What does Sapa Inca mean?

A

The one

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12
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How Many Sapa Inca’s were there in the Curacazgo perood?

A

5

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13
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What does Tawatinsuyu mean?

A

4 Parts

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14
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Who was the Father of Tupac?

A

Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui

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15
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Who started building Machu Picchu?

A

Pachacutec

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16
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Who makes Quechua the official language?

A

Pachacutec

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17
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Who built Coricancha?

A

Pachacutec

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18
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Who was almost the last sapa inca?

A

Huayna Capac

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19
Q

Mita was what?

A

Mandatory work

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20
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How long were Mita required to work?

A

3-10 Months

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21
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The Incan Roads were built by the

A

Mit’a

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22
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What were Chasquis

A

the messengers

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23
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Inca comes from

A

Quechua

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24
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Who was the Royal Commentaries of the Inca

A

Garcilasco de la Vega

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25
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Who is there early on and writes about the Incas?

A

Jose de Acosta, S.J.

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26
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Coricancha was what

A

The Temple of the Sun

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27
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The fortress palace outside of Cuzco was

A

Sacsayhuaman

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28
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Who was the god of the sun?

A

Inti

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29
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Who was the goddess of the earth?

A

Pachamama

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30
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Hollow, sacred ceramics

A

Huaca

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31
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What was the quipu used for?

A

To count

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32
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What uses Fibonacci Numbers?

A

Yupana

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33
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What was waru waru?

A

The Floating garden (Chinampa)

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34
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What was the most famous Incan stone?

A

The 12-Angled Stone

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35
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What was the only possible place the incas tested crops?

A

Moray

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36
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The main temple in the city was ______ for the god _____

A

Main temple was Coricancha for the god Inti

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37
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What was the Plaza fortress where the festival of intiraymi is held?

A

Sacsayhuaman

38
Q

Intihuatana is the ____

A

sun stone

39
Q

The Spanish saw the sun dial as _____.

A

Pagan

40
Q

When did Pizarro arrive?

A

1532

41
Q

What was the most expensive animal?

A

Vicuña

42
Q

What was the mother culture of the America?

A

Chavin

43
Q

What was the ceremonial and pilgrimage center of Chavin?

A

Chavin de Huantar

44
Q

Priest Power

A

The Jaguar

45
Q

Chavin had no…

A

written language or math

46
Q

In Chavin, the _____ was domesticated

A

Llama

47
Q

What was the early food of Agriculture?

A

Guari

48
Q

What was the earliest spout?

A

The stirrup Spout Vessel

49
Q

Who practiced cranial Deformation?

A

Paracas

50
Q

When you put a hole in the person’s head to release pressure was called

A

Trepanation

51
Q

What city was Moche in

A

Sipan

52
Q

Huaca of the Sun + Moon was made of

A

Adobe

53
Q

Was was the capital of Moche

A

Huaca of the Sun + Moon

54
Q

Who was the decapitator in Moche?

A

Ai Apaec

55
Q

What were the caballitos de totora used for?

A

To Fish

56
Q

Who was the first culture in the Andes?

A

Chavin

57
Q

What was a pilgrimage site in the Andes?

A

Chavin

58
Q

The Gate in Chavin was known as the

A

Falcon gate

59
Q

What was the Monolithic Spear

A

El Lanzon

60
Q

List the Artistic Phases of Moche

A
  • Common
  • Pictoric
  • Sculptural
  • Pathologic (Illnesses)
  • Erotic
61
Q

What was the largest treasure ever found in the Americas?

A

The Lord of Sipan (It had never been looted)

62
Q

Who was Ai Apaec

A

The Decapitator

63
Q

In Huaca of the Sun + Moon pyramids each had a different mark to show ……

A

which designer made the brick

64
Q

Who made the geoglyphs?

A

The Nazca

65
Q

Puquios are what

A

wells

66
Q

What was the capital of the Nazca?

A

Cahuachi

67
Q

In Nazca, the textiles ceramics were

A

polychromatic

68
Q

What did Maria Reiche study?

A

The Geoglyphs in Nazca

69
Q

Name two theories of the geoglyphs

A

Astronomical Map
Waterways
Route Map
Religious

70
Q

What are two designs of the geoglyphs

A 
Astronaut
Condor
Dog
Hummingbird
Orca
71
Q

Tiahuanaco was what (3 things)

A
  • Pilgrimage Site
  • Urban Center
  • Arts + Sciences
72
Q

Huari was what (2 Things)

A
  • Military

- Imperial

73
Q

What was sometimes used as currency?

A

Charqui

74
Q

What was a combination of writing and math?

A

The Quipu

75
Q

What was Charqui made of?

A

Dried Llama Meat

76
Q

What was Kalasasaya?

A

Pilgrimage Site (Center)

77
Q

What was known as the Sun Door?

A

Kalasasaya

78
Q

The Sun Door may have ______ on it.

A

Viracocha

79
Q

What was known as the adobe city?

A

Chan Chan

80
Q

What was the 2nd largest adobe city?

A

Chan Chan

81
Q

What language did they speak in Chimu?

A

Quingnam

82
Q

In Chimu the walls of the city were paneled with ____-

A

Gold

83
Q

Chimu was known for their____

A

Gold

84
Q

Huaca of the Sun + Moon was dedicated to

A

We don’t know

85
Q

Chimu’s Capital was

A

Chan chan

86
Q

How does Huyana Copac die?

A

Smallpox

87
Q

Mitimaes

A

Forced relocation

90
Q

Wayna Picchu (Huayna Picchu)

A

Religious settlement

91
Q

Machu Picchu means

A

Old Mountain

92
Q

Who founded Machu Picchu?

A

Hiram Bingham

93
Q

South Sea

A

Vazquez Nunez del Balboa

Latin American Hist. (7 decks)

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