Chapter 16

2. the best example of a political alliance, a group of tribes speaking related languages living in the eastern Great Lakes region
3. took the throne and was a powerful and ambishush ruler
7. a major center in northern gautamala
8. villages of large apartment style compounds made of stone and adobe or sun baked clay
9. the feathered serpent
10. crowned emperor under montezuma and the aztec empire began to weaken
13. used as a symbol of unity if a group or clan
15. the last mound builder culture
17. the people of the north influenced the hohokam and lived in the four corners reigion
18. a set of knotted strings

1. ceremony where they have food, drink and gifts to the community
4. extended family group
5. the leading power int the valley of Mexico and soon gained control over neighbor long religions
6. hieroglyphic symbols that stood for words or syllables
11. a green or black volcanic glass found in the valley of Mexico and used to make razor sharp weapons
12. bark paper that hold historical recordings
14. the labor tribute
16. Maya's version of creation