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2. knotted ropes, which functioned as the writing and number system for the Inca
3. the most important Inca deity; The Sun God from which Inca Emperors descend
5. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
6. the most important Mayan deity; the feathered snake
7. a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground
10. floating farming islands made by the Aztec
15. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
16. the economic system of the Inca empire, which operated without a currecy, relied on barter, and collected taxes in labor
17. a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end
18. the Inca Emperor at the time of their conquest by the Spanish
19. having more than one spouse at one time

1. The peninsula in Mesoamerica where the Mayan civilization was located
2. The most important Aztec deity; the feathered snake
4. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
8. The mountain range along the west coast of South America where the Inca Empire was located
9. Former lake in central Mexico; home of Aztec civilization
11. the King of the Aztecs at the time of their conquest by the Spanish
12. land leveled by the Inca for farming
13. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Inca society
14. a deadly Old World disease that was particularly devastating to native populations in the New World