Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

Which pre-Inca culture was the greatest military power?

• Moche

• Nasca

• Wari

• Sican

Which pre-Inca culture produced enormous geoglyphs?

• Moche

• Nasca

• Wari

• Sican

What ability did all four pre-Inca cultures develop?

• They were all skilled warriors.

• All four cultures were skilled in creating ceramic statues

• The were all skilled in creating amazing geoglyphs.

• All four cultures were skilled in working gold and other precious metals.

What was the Inca capital under Pachacuti

• Cusco

• Ayacucho

• Machu Picchu

• Lima

In the Inca hierarchy, who oversaw the provisional governors, district officers, and the local chiefs?

• four prefects

• the emperor

• a foreman

• groups of ten families

Which of the following did both Roman and Inca engineers produce?

• arched doorways

• domed buildings

• stone aqueducts

• enormous coosseums

Which cultural group demonstrated their wealth and shared it through potlatches?

• Great Plains tribes

• Northwest Coast tribes

• ancient Pueblo

• mound builders

Why were totem poles built?

• to honor a revered being or a family guardian

• to show a tribe's relationship to the natural world

• to honor the spirit of the buffalo

• to guard the enterance to the chief's mound

What farming method allowed the ancient Pueblo to grow crops on their fields?

• complex irrigation systems

• slash-and-burn techniques

• terrace farming

• dry farming

Who interpreted the vision after a young man's vision quest?

• the chief

• a shaman

• the confederation

• powerful chiefs