Chapter 20: States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America

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Across
  1. 5. capital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City
  2. 7. large population located in American southwest; starts with "P"
  3. 8. groups of families that lived together in communities, organized their own affairs, and allocated community property to individual families
  4. 10. large population located in American southwest; starts with "N"
  5. 11. the architects for the Aztec empire
  6. 13. Aztec god; "the Smoking Mirror"; the giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors
  7. 14. (1428-1440)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire; "the Obsidian Serpent"
  8. 15. original region of the Toltec people, located to the northwest of modern Mexico City
Down
  1. 1. Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes
  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. Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I
  4. 4. Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs
  5. 6. Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs
  6. 9. Central American society (950-1150) that was centered on the city of Tula
  7. 12. I (1440-1469)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire