Exam 22: Andean Civilizations

At the time of the Spanish Conquest, the Inca controlled the lives of as many as __________ people, most of them living in small villages dispersed around religious and political centers.

Michael Moseley believes that a series of __________ struck Moche domains in the late sixth century.

The earliest textiles preserved on the coast date to approximately __________, soon after cotton was first cultivated.

The spectacular discovery of undisturbed Moche tombs near the village of _________has revolutionized our knowledge of Moche elite.

All the census and other data of the Inca Empire were recorded on knotted strings called __________.

__________ art has jaguar motifs (where humans, gods, and animals have jaguar-like fangs or limbs), snakes that flow from the bodies of many figures, and nostrils dripping with mucus from ingesting hallucinogenic substances.

The culture whose art motifs include pumas and condors, as well as anthropomorphic gods is __________.

The leaders of __________ organized the reclamation of the desert by building canals along the steeper areas of the coastal valleys, where the gradients made the diversion of water an easy task

By A.D. 450, __________, on the southern side of Lake Titicaca, was becoming a major population center as well as an economic and religious focus for the region.

Andeans made mummies __________.

The __________ state had begun in northern coastal Peru by 200 B. C., and it flourished for 800 years.

Michael Moseley suggested that civilizations arose on the Peruvian coast by __________.

The Late Horizon of Peruvian archaeology was the shortest, dating from A. D. 1476 to 1534; this is the period of the __________.

A leader named __________ rose to power at the beginning of the fifteenth century and about that time, a new religious cult emerged that worshiped Inti.

The culture whose art motifs include anthropomorphic feline, eagle, and serpent beings is __________.

The focus of the Chimu state was __________, a huge complex of walled compounds lying near the Pacific at the mouth of the Moche Valley; this site covers nearly 4 square miles.

The oldest of the U-shaped ceremonial complexes is at __________.

What is the significance of Chavín de Huántar?

The decline of the Moche in the Lambayeque Valley left somewhat of a vacuum that was filled by the __________ after A. D. 700.

__________, 75 km northwest of Lake Titicaca, was a major center, with a large residential area and an imposing ceremonial complex on a stone-faced terrace; the elite lived on nearby terraces.