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. 6. original region of the Toltec people, located to the northwest of modern Mexico City
  3. 7. groups of families that lived together in communities, organized their own affairs, and allocated community property to individual families
  4. 8. large population located in American southwest; starts with "P"
  5. 9. Central American society (950-1150) that was centered on the city of Tula
  6. 10. Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs
  7. 12. Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I
  8. 14. agricultural gardens used by Mexica (Aztecs) in which fertile muck from lake bottoms was dredged and built up into small plots
  9. 16. 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
Down
  1. 1. (1428-1440)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire; "the Obsidian Serpent"
  2. 2. Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs
  3. 3. Aztec god; "the Smoking Mirror"; the giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors
  4. 4. large population located in American southwest; starts with "N"
  5. 11. the architects for the Aztec empire
  6. 13. (1440-1469)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire
  7. 15. Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes