Americas Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 7. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
  2. 8. The capital of the Inca Empire
  3. 10. The mountain range along the west coast of South America where the Inca Empire was located
  4. 12. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
  5. 13. The most important Aztec deity; the feathered snake
  6. 14. floating farming islands made by the Aztec
  7. 15. the King of the Aztecs at the time of their conquest by the Spanish
  8. 17. A sacrifice made by pouring out a liquid in honor of a deity
  9. 19. Money paid by one country to another in return for protection
  10. 21. A deadly Old World disease that was particularly devastating to native populations in the New World
  11. 25. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
  12. 27. Former lake in central Mexico; home of Aztec civilization
Down
  1. 1. the most important Mayan deity; the feathered snake
  2. 2. knotted ropes, which functioned as the writing and number system for the Inca
  3. 3. Decentralized society of independent city-states in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mesoamerica
  4. 4. a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end
  5. 5. The first Inca Emperor
  6. 6. The peninsula in Mesoamerica where the Mayan civilization was located
  7. 9. the most important Inca deity; The Sun God from which Inca Emperors descend
  8. 11. a deadly Old World disease that was particularly devastating to native populations in the New World
  9. 14. one of the largest and most famous Mayan city-states
  10. 15. the economic system of the Inca empire, which operated without a currecy, relied on barter, and collected taxes in labor
  11. 16. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Inca society
  12. 18. Mesoamerican Empire of tributary states ruled by a central monarchy from Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico
  13. 20. land leveled by the Inca for farming
  14. 22. Staple crop that formed the agricultural foundation of American civilizations
  15. 23. leveled platforms or steps constructed on sloped terrain, often used in agriculture to create flat areas for farming
  16. 24. South American Empire of assimilated tribes ruled by a central monarchy from Cuzco in the Andes Mountains
  17. 26. having more than one wife at one time