Part 1
What was the purpose of Machu Picchu?
About how many people likely actually lived at Machu Picchu (that is, the caretakers)?
What is the relationship between the Machu Picchu temples and the sun?
The Moche and the Pyramid of the Sun, in the Trujillo Valley
The purpose of the Sípan site and what types of artifacts are found there?
The Tiwanaku civilization
How did the Wari maintain control of their empire?
What was the capital city of theChimu?
The Chimu irrigation canals
What was the capital of the Inca empire?
What does Tawantinsuyu mean?
The Inca's construction of terraces
What was thegoal of Inca warfare?
The Inca practice of "split inheritance"
Why did the Inca bring the defeated (conquered) leaders to Cuzco?
All land conquered by the Inca was declared to be owned by whom?
Mit'a
What feature of state societies did the Inca lack?
The quipo (khipu) and its purpose
By what means did the Inca state expand?
The Inca term mitmaqkuna
What reasons does archaeologist Joseph Taintersay accounts for the collapse of civilizations?
The Llullaillaco Maiden
The Incancapacocha
Part 2
Cahokia political organization and evidence left behind
The purpose ofthe mounds in North America
Who was buried at Mound 72 at Cahokia
The oldest earthen mounds in North America
The main diet of the first mound builders in North America
Hopewell burial mounds included raw materials from?
Why might the Hopewell have constructed their roads?
Subsistence (food) at Cahokia was primarily?
What health consequences happened when Hernando de Soto met the mound builders?
What type of environment did the Hohokam live in and how did they survive there?
Which culture built Snaketown?
The Mogollons lived in which type of environment?
What type of homes did the Mongollons construct?
Grasshopper Pueblo was built by which culture?
Kivas
Ancestral Puebloans and the Great Houses
Mesa Verde
What level of socio-political complexity was attained by the American Southwest pueblo builders?
Pueblo Bonito size and location
Affluent foragers
Why did the European invaders of North America think the mounds were not built by the locals?
Be able to recognize some of the sites and artwork