Exam 14: Bringing the Four Parts Together

Which of the following describes roads in the Inca Empire?

Feasting and exchanging goods played a central role in Inca society.

Soft tissue does not preserve well at Andean archaeological sites.

Which of the following best characterizes Moche metallurgy?

What are khipu, and how do they compare with the methods that other early states used to keep records?

Even when rulers were dead, their mummified bodies exerted power.

The Inca Empire was known as __________.

Machu Picchu was a royal estate of the Inca elite.

The Inca Empire is known as Tawantinsuyu, which means "Land of High Places."

The Inca empire fell to a small group of Spaniards under the command of __________.

Explain why research into raised field agriculture is important.

What is the importance of the Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna?

What is the presumed function of the famed Nasca Lines?

A Cotton Preceramic Period ceremonial center that preceded the Inca was established in the Andes by 900 B.C. at what location?

What is the study of the processes that affect organic remains after death?

The intact tomb of a Moche elite found at __________ illustrates the wealth of the Moche society.

What ceremonial outpost of the Inca Empire is located 600 kilometers north of the capital, Cuzco?

The history of the Inca is a long one of orderly succession of the ruling elite, which peacefully expanded the empire through trade and alliances.

How has archaeology answered the question of whether tuberculosis was endemic or introduced to the Americas?

What are the characteristics of an empire?