ANT 3164
The Inca and Their Ancestor
Michael E. Moseley
1st Midterm Study Guide
Format: 30-40 Multiple choice questions.
Content:
Allen book
Cobo book
Moseley’s Inca book Chapters 1-3
Topics that are fair game:
Peruvian Geography (Maps, class lectures and Inca book)
Andean Cosmology (class lectures, Inca book, Allen book)
(Hint: cosmology includes world view and religious perspectives)
Conquest-both Inca and European (class lectures, Inca book, Cobo Book II)
Inca statecraft (class lectures, Inca book, Cobo Book II)
Andean Social Organization (class lectures, Inca Book, Allen book)
Terms that are fair game:
(Hint: the more often the term was mentioned in lectures/textbooks, the more likely it is to appear on the
test. This is a guide, not the test. Some general ideas not identified here may appear on the test (i.e. coca
and its function as social glue in the Andes). Some terms will not appear on the test. Other concepts and
theories will be on the test. Study it all.
Agricultural Taxation
Agropastoralism
Ancestor Veneration
Apu
Arid Montane
Atacama Desert
Atahuallpa
Ayllu
Aymara
Ayni
Cargo System
Ceques
Chicha
Chullpa
Chuño
Cuzco
“Dark Clouds”
Direct Procurement
Economic Generalists
Economic Specialists
Map Terms:
Cities:
Trujillo
Lima
Cuzco
Ica
El Niño Events
Hanan
Horizontality
Huaca Hostage
Huacas
Huascar
Hurin
Hypoxia (anoxia)
Inca highway system
Indirect Procurement
Karakas
Lomas
Mallqui (ancestral mummy)
Manco Capac
Maritime-Oasis
Mayu
Mit'a Taxation
Mitamaq
Moiety Organization
Pachamama
Geographic Features:
Altiplano
Lake Titicaca
Atacama Desert
Paracas Peninsula
Rivers/Valleys:
Moche
Chancay
Nazca
Moquegua
Pachacuti
Pizarro
Qollka
Qoyllur Rit’i
Quechua
Quipu
Quipuqamaqs
Reciprocity
Redistribution
Ritual Intoxification
Sacsahuaman
"Staple" Finance
Suyu
Tahuantinsuyu
Tectonic activity
Textile Taxation
Tinku
Turque
Upwelling
Verticality
Inca Quarters:
Chinchaysuyu
Cuntisuyu
Antisuyu
Collasuyu
ANT 3164
The Inca and Their Ancestor
Michael E. Moseley
Also study
prehistoric
peoples, their
adaption to
environment,
population
dynamics, time
periods etc.