8th Grade History Quarter 2 Exam Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Emperor who greatly expanded the Inca Empire.
  2. 4. Region where the Inca lived.
  3. 7. Region where the Maya lived.
  4. 8. Killed many Inca before the Spanish arrived.
  5. 12. Practiced by Maya and Aztecs to keep their gods happy.
  6. 15. Sign from a god that Aztecs found their home.
  7. 18. Moctezuma may have believed Cortes was this god.
  8. 19. Name of an early Aztec tribe.
  9. 20. May have been a getaway resort for wealthy Incas.
  10. 22. Animal introduced to the Americas by the Spanish.
  11. 23. Tenochtitlan was an island on Lake ____________.
  12. 24. Important crop for the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs.
  13. 25. Met with Atahualpa in 1532.
  14. 26. Language spoken by the Aztecs.
Down
  1. 1. King of the Aztecs when Cortes arrived.
  2. 2. Burning plants to reintroduce nutrients into soil for farming.
  3. 5. Spanish took this from Moctezuma's treasure room.
  4. 6. Created by the Maya to track the seasons for farming.
  5. 9. Capital city of the Inca Empire.
  6. 10. Inca accounting system using threads and knots.
  7. 11. Helped Cortes communicate with Native Americans
  8. 13. Capital city of the Aztec Empire.
  9. 14. Region of the Americas where both the Maya and Aztecs were located.
  10. 16. King of the Inca when Pizarro arrived.
  11. 17. Constructed by the Aztecs so people could walk from the mainland to Tenochtitlan.
  12. 19. City built on top of Tenochtitlan after it was destroyed.
  13. 21. Arrived in Tenochtitlan in 1519.