Homework #4
Humanities on the Incas

Q1.
Listen to Music Selection #6 on LMS Angel ("Hanaq Pachaq") and study the music notes on Peruvian music (Latin American Music Notes). Then give your impressions of what is distinctively Peruvian and/or Incan (or Quechuan) about this piece of music.
Q2.

Now listen to Music Selections #4 and #5 on LMS Angel ("El cóndor pasa" and "Cusco, Cusco ") and study the music notes on Ecuadorian, Bolivian, and Peruvian music (Latin American Music Notes). Then give your impressions of what is distinctively Andean, Peruvian or Incan / Quechuan) about these pieces of music.
Q3.

According to the HUM 2461 Notes of the Incas, give a brief synopsis for Inca history from 1438 to 1531.

Q4.
In your own summation, give your reaction and/or appraisal of what Alfred Métraux says in the HUM 2461 notes about the "swift conquest" of the Incas by the Spanish conquistadors.
Q5.

From the brief notes of the Incan religion in the HUM 2461 text, tell what stands out most in your mind about the Incan religion.

Q6.
(A) What does Tawantisuyu (Tahuanti-suyu/Tahuantisuyu) mean? What does it have to do with the Inca empire? (B) What is an Incan quipu?
Q7.
It is stated that the "most significant art form [i.e., humanities field] for the Incas was architecture."(A) What aspects distinguish Incan architecture? (B) Compare and contrast Inca architecture with (1) Maya architecture and (2) Aztec architecture.
Q8.

(A) What is Sacsayhuaman? (B) From the thumbnails online, state your first impressions of this site.

Q9.
From the images shown on the course's online textbook on the "Machu Picchu Train" series, describe this image in terms of Latin American (specifically, Incan/Quechuan) syncretism.
Q10.

Identify this image shown in the Machu Picchu show, then (A) describe the image and (B) tell in some detail in what specific way this image impresses you.

Q11.

(A) Compare and contrast the meaning/content of following three images from the Machu Picchu series; and then (B) make a brief comparison with the Aztec Sun Calendar.

Q12.

(A) Describe what is Incan about the image you see here. (B) Compare and contrast the Incan part of this image with the part that is doesn't represent Incan / Quechuan culture.

Q13.

Identify three significant elements of Latin American / Quechuan / Peruvian humanities found in this photo:
Q14.
Answer the question asked in the image found in Pre-Inca and Incan Art #9.
Q15.

(A) Describe where this granite stone carving is found in Machu Picchu and what it represents. (B) Give you own personal reaction to what it represents.