Chapter 20: States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America

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Across
  1. 4. (1440-1469)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire
  2. 6. empire Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I
  3. 8. Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs
  4. 10. capital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City
  5. 13. Aztec god; "the Smoking Mirror"; the giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors
Down
  1. 1. Central American society (950-1150) that was centered on the city of Tula
  2. 2. large structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound-building peoples; it was the third-largest structure in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans
  3. 3. Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs
  4. 5. large population located in American southwest; starts with "P"
  5. 7. the architects for the Aztec empire
  6. 9. (1428-1440)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire; "the Obsidian Serpent"
  7. 11. Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes
  8. 12. large population located in American southwest; starts with "N"
  9. 13. original region of the Toltec people, located to the northwest of modern Mexico City