1. Discuss the similarities and differences between Inca Empire and at least one other South American State. Provide archaeological examples to support your argument. You may want to include specific sites, architecture styles, iconography, expansion, and communication systems in your answer.
2. Compare and contrast the complex cultures of the American Southwest and the American Southeast. Use specific examples to highlight these similarities and differences.
3. Compare and contrast the cultures of the Mesoamerica and the American Southeast. You may want to include in your answer the role of domestication, the beginnings of cities, rise of hierarchy, and evidence of peak complexity.