Aztec, Inca, & Maya Crossword
Across
- 1. Made with braided llama wool, this weapon would launch a stone and could be fatal
- 4. An instrument made of tubes of different lengths
- 6. Medicine taken for stomach pains
- 8. This Incan city was never discovered by the Spanish conquistadors
- 9. Lots of statues were made out of this metal
- 10. A sweet cactus fruit from Mesoamerica
- 11. Used to grind corn into flour
- 12. A common green stone
- 13. The religious and political capital of the Inca
- 16. Most Aztec homes had these: used for hygiene and purification
- 18. In South America, some fishing hooks were made of this metal
- 19. This type of climate is why Incan mummies are so well preserved
- 20. This Mayan king was buried at the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque
- 22. The Aztec god of war
- 24. The Incan sun god
- 25. Ball players had to hit the ball with this body part
Down
- 1. The age people in Mesoamerica joined the army for intensive training
- 2. A club studded with obsidian blades
- 3. Incas celebrated a festival during this month to honor female goddesses
- 5. The Aztec capital city
- 7. This vegetable was dried out and then used for carrying water
- 9. The only meat regularly eaten by the Incas
- 13. The head of a hoe was attached to the handle with this
- 14. This was read from top to bottom and from left to right
- 15. Inca runners who carried messages along the amazing Inca road system
- 17. The location of the Temple of the Giant Jaguar
- 18. Peruvian men wore bags under their cloaks carrying these that they could chew
- 21. This bird's feathers were most prized
- 23. This wild cat is sometimes known as the Mexican tiger