Civilizations of the Americas - Maya, Aztec and Inca

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  1. 4. Books, often made of deerskin, cloth, or bark, that the Aztec (Mexica) used to record their religion and history
  2. 5. 8,000 ft above sea level, this is an engineering marvel of the Inca empire. It was never uncovered by the conquistadores.
  3. 6. A symbolic picture-especially one used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone.
  4. 8. Adjective describing the history and cultures of the Americas before the arrival of Europeans (Columbus) in 1492.
  5. 10. In Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good
  6. 11. Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on man-made islands on Lake Texcoco. One of the largest cities in the world, it had at one time nearly 400,000 citizens
  7. 13. the language spoken by the Aztec (Mexica)
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  1. 1. A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
  2. 2. floating farming islands made by the Aztec (Mexica)
  3. 3. language of the Inca
  4. 7. a runner who carried messages throughout the Inca empire
  5. 9. one country taking over another area to be used for their benefit, often controlling, or destroying, the existing native population and culture in the process
  6. 12. The most important Maya city and political center. Home of the Tikal temple