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2. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Inca society
6. a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground
8. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
9. drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressure on brain
12. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
17. the King of the Aztecs at the time of their conquest by the Spanish
19. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
20. the most important Mayan deity; the feathered snake

1. The peninsula in Mesoamerica where the Mayan civilization was located
3. The most important Aztec deity; the feathered snake
4. floating farming islands made by the Aztec
5. land leveled by the Inca for farming
7. Former lake in central Mexico; home of Aztec civilization
10. a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end
11. having more than one spouse at one time
13. The mountain range along the west coast of South America where the Inca Empire was located
14. a deadly Old World disease that was particularly devastating to native populations in the New World
15. the economic system of the Inca empire, which operated without a currecy, relied on barter, and collected taxes in labor
16. the most important Inca deity; The Sun God from which Inca Emperors descend
18. knotted ropes, which functioned as the writing and number system for the Inca