Chapter 7: Civilizations of the Americas

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Across
  1. 1. Early people in Mexico will use selective breeding to turn Tiocinte into _________
  2. 4. People who settled the southwest. Lived in mud and stone complexes that the Spanish called pueblos
  3. 6. Blend of metals such as copper, tin, or silver used to give metals different properties.
  4. 12. A pictograph or symbol
  5. 14. Spoken language of the Incan People
  6. 15. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all used __________ (in some form) in their religious rituals
  7. 17. Artificial islands made of earth and reed mats used for agriculture
  8. 18. Political unit made up of a city and the surrounding areas under its control
  9. 19. People who migrated from Siberia who are called Eskimos but other native groups. Live in the harsh climate of the Arctic.
  10. 21. Early Peruvian civilization that influenced the Inca
  11. 22. term used for the Adena and Hopewell people of the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys
  12. 24. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all had a ________ religion
  13. 25. digging out steps in a hillside or mountain to create flat land to use for agriculture.
  14. 27. payment from conquered people
Down
  1. 2. Created glyphs in the desert around Southern Peru
  2. 3. Title of the leaders of the Incan Empire
  3. 4. Nomadic people who came to Central Mexico and established a large empire between 1200 - 1500CE
  4. 5. Aztec capital located on Lake Texcoco.
  5. 7. Early society in central Mexico. Much of their culture is fused into Aztec beliefs.
  6. 8. A collection of knotted strings that help to keep official records
  7. 9. Earliest people to settle along the Gulf of Mexico. Predecessors of the Maya.
  8. 10. Skilled warrior and leader who established the Incan Empire
  9. 11. rolling flatlands which are good for farming
  10. 13. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca will all physically change the ______________ to meet their needs, especially to improve agriculture
  11. 16. Civilization near the Great Lakes region. Developed an alliance of five nations with a democratic form of leadership.
  12. 20. Civilization made up of city-states on the Yucatan Peninsula
  13. 23. Large Mayan City. Center for trade and religious rituals
  14. 26. Large Empire stretching from Ecuador to Chile.