Test 2 Flashcards
What does Inca Mean?
King
What was the official language of the Incas?
Quechua
What was known as “The Inca”?
garcilaso de la vega
Half white and half native American People were known as
Mestizo
Who was the first Incan Ruler?
Manco Capac
Who was Manco Capac’s sister?
Mama Ocllo
Who was known as the creator God?
Viracocha
What was the capital city of the Incas?
Cuzco
How many Sapa Incas were there?
12
What were the Sapa Incas?
Official Emperors
What does Sapa Inca mean?
The one
How Many Sapa Inca’s were there in the Curacazgo perood?
5
What does Tawatinsuyu mean?
4 Parts
Who was the Father of Tupac?
Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui
Who started building Machu Picchu?
Pachacutec
Who makes Quechua the official language?
Pachacutec
Who built Coricancha?
Pachacutec
Who was almost the last sapa inca?
Huayna Capac
Mita was what?
Mandatory work
How long were Mita required to work?
3-10 Months
The Incan Roads were built by the
Mit’a
What were Chasquis
the messengers
Inca comes from
Quechua
Who was the Royal Commentaries of the Inca
Garcilasco de la Vega
Who is there early on and writes about the Incas?
Jose de Acosta, S.J.
Coricancha was what
The Temple of the Sun
The fortress palace outside of Cuzco was
Sacsayhuaman
Who was the god of the sun?
Inti
Who was the goddess of the earth?
Pachamama
Hollow, sacred ceramics
Huaca
What was the quipu used for?
To count
What uses Fibonacci Numbers?
Yupana
What was waru waru?
The Floating garden (Chinampa)
What was the most famous Incan stone?
The 12-Angled Stone
What was the only possible place the incas tested crops?
Moray
The main temple in the city was ______ for the god _____
Main temple was Coricancha for the god Inti
What was the Plaza fortress where the festival of intiraymi is held?
Sacsayhuaman
Intihuatana is the ____
sun stone
The Spanish saw the sun dial as _____.
Pagan
When did Pizarro arrive?
1532
What was the most expensive animal?
Vicuña
What was the mother culture of the America?
Chavin
What was the ceremonial and pilgrimage center of Chavin?
Chavin de Huantar
Priest Power
The Jaguar
Chavin had no…
written language or math
In Chavin, the _____ was domesticated
Llama
What was the early food of Agriculture?
Guari
What was the earliest spout?
The stirrup Spout Vessel
Who practiced cranial Deformation?
Paracas
When you put a hole in the person’s head to release pressure was called
Trepanation
What city was Moche in
Sipan
Huaca of the Sun + Moon was made of
Adobe
Was was the capital of Moche
Huaca of the Sun + Moon
Who was the decapitator in Moche?
Ai Apaec
What were the caballitos de totora used for?
To Fish
Who was the first culture in the Andes?
Chavin
What was a pilgrimage site in the Andes?
Chavin
The Gate in Chavin was known as the
Falcon gate
What was the Monolithic Spear
El Lanzon
List the Artistic Phases of Moche
- Common
- Pictoric
- Sculptural
- Pathologic (Illnesses)
- Erotic
What was the largest treasure ever found in the Americas?
The Lord of Sipan (It had never been looted)
Who was Ai Apaec
The Decapitator
In Huaca of the Sun + Moon pyramids each had a different mark to show ……
which designer made the brick
Who made the geoglyphs?
The Nazca
Puquios are what
wells
What was the capital of the Nazca?
Cahuachi
In Nazca, the textiles ceramics were
polychromatic
What did Maria Reiche study?
The Geoglyphs in Nazca
Name two theories of the geoglyphs
Astronomical Map
Waterways
Route Map
Religious
What are two designs of the geoglyphs
Astronaut Condor Dog Hummingbird Orca
Tiahuanaco was what (3 things)
- Pilgrimage Site
- Urban Center
- Arts + Sciences
Huari was what (2 Things)
- Military
- Imperial
What was sometimes used as currency?
Charqui
What was a combination of writing and math?
The Quipu
What was Charqui made of?
Dried Llama Meat
What was Kalasasaya?
Pilgrimage Site (Center)
What was known as the Sun Door?
Kalasasaya
The Sun Door may have ______ on it.
Viracocha
What was known as the adobe city?
Chan Chan
What was the 2nd largest adobe city?
Chan Chan
What language did they speak in Chimu?
Quingnam
In Chimu the walls of the city were paneled with ____-
Gold
Chimu was known for their____
Gold
Huaca of the Sun + Moon was dedicated to
We don’t know
Chimu’s Capital was
Chan chan
How does Huyana Copac die?
Smallpox
Mitimaes
Forced relocation
Wayna Picchu (Huayna Picchu)
Religious settlement
Machu Picchu means
Old Mountain
Who founded Machu Picchu?
Hiram Bingham
South Sea
Vazquez Nunez del Balboa
