American Civilizations

2. The Aztec emperor who was befriended/captured by Cortes, then died mysteriously.
5. The ancient rivals and victims of the Aztecs who joined Cortes to defeat them, making up most of his army.
9. This civilization built numerous pyramids in the Yucatan Peninsula.
10. The Inca record keeping method, using knots tied onto strings.
12. This civilization had copper and bronze tools and weapons.
14. Hernan ______, the Spanish conquistador and criminal who led the anti-Aztec alliance.
16. Spanish "conquerors" of the Americas.
17. _______ ______ God, called Kukulkan by the Mayans and Quetzalcoatl, who created Chocolate, maize, and humanity.
18. The main food of the Mayans and Aztecs, known today as corn.

1. The name used to refer to both Cortes and his advisor/partner/translator, Dona Marina.
2. This civilization invented glyph writing and the number zero for math.
3. The writing system the Mayans created.
4. The Mayans sometimes did this with decapitation, the Incas would do this to drugged victims, and the Aztecs loved doing this by ripping hearts out.
6. This civilization was based out of the island city of Tenochtitlan.
7. The disease that killed 90% of Native Americans, and truly defeated the Aztecs and Incas.
8. An important food the Mayans and Aztecs drank created from cacao (coco) beans.
11. This civilization was fighting both a civil war and smallpox before the Spanish came.
13. This civilization would sacrifice more than 22,000 people a year.
15. Francisco ______, the Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Inca emperor, but was killed by his own men.