REVIEW - Indigenous Americas (Inka)

The first Inkan emperor, Pachacuti Inka Yupanqui, had Machu Picchu built to serve as a...

• retreat that offered respite from the hot Cusco summers

• site for conducting administrative affairs and ceremonies

• highly guarded fortress that offered military protection

• sacred training ground for the emperor’s priestly advisors

The observatory at Machu Picchu is believed to have been used for

• tracking astronomical events

• recording events in the city

• looking for signals from Cusco

• keeping watch for invading armies

Which work demonstrates the continued importance of the Andean textile tradition?

• All-T’oqapu tunic

• Bayeux Tapestry

• Hiapo (tapa) cloth

• Bandolier bag

The miniature garden at the Inka temple of Qorikancha included sculptures of maize cobs made from

• cedar wood

• wool and cotton fibers

• colorfully dyed feathers

• thin sheets of metal

The detail of a stone wall demonstrates Inka expertise with

• ashlar masonry

• corbeling

• bas-relief

• buttressing

Many scholars believe that Cusco was originally laid out in the shape of a puma, a symbol of Inkan royal power, on the basis of

• comparisons to the layout of Machu Picchu

• early written accounts by the Spanish

• extensive modern archaeological projects

• written narratives by Inkan court historians