Chapter 16

3. A book containing a version of the Mayan story of creation.
4. A village of apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone, built by the Anasazi.
5. A natural object that serves as a symbol of unity of clans or other groups.
6. Relating to a Mound builder culture that flourished in North America.
7. "The Feathered Serpent"- a god of the Toltecs and other Mesoamerican peoples.
12. A powerful and ambitious ruler who conquered all of Peru and neighboring lands.
13. An early Native American people who lived in the American SW.
14. In Incan society, a small community whose members worked together for the common good.
15. A book with pages that can be turned, that was used to record by the Mayans.
16. A symbolic picuure used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone.

1. A group a native American peoples who spoke later languages.
2. A hard, glassy volcanic rock used by early peoples to make sharp weapons.
5. An association of the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec empire.
6. Was crowned Emperor of the Aztec empire, who called for even more tribute and sacrifice.
8. A major spectacular city that serves as a center of religious ceremonies and trade in northern Guatemala.
9. In the Inca empire, the requirement that all able-bodied people must work for the state a certain amount of days per year.
10. AA ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity of Native Americans.
11. An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.