Chapter 9 Section 1: The First Americans

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Across
  1. 2. much of the earth's water froze into huge sheets of ice
  2. 4. the group of people that designed and built canals to carry water from rivers to the desert where they live
  3. 6. this group of people move to seek food
  4. 10. a period when temperatures dropped sharply
  5. 11. also known as "Palace of the Gods"
  6. 12. a shiny volcanic stone used to make polished mirrors and basalt to carve gigantic stone heads
  7. 15. the group of people that invaded Tula and captured them in A.D. 1200
Down
  1. 1. provide meat, clothing, bones for tools
  2. 3. ice froze and the sea fell, an area of dry land was exposed between Asia and Alaska
  3. 5. first civilization appeared in Americas, lasted 800 years
  4. 7. also known as corn
  5. 8. this group of people built civilization in steamy rain forest of Yacatan Peninsula
  6. 9. built the city Tula which is located in Northwest Mexico is today
  7. 13. this term means animals disappeared from the earth when ice age ended
  8. 14. founded Cuzco in A.D. 1100 and made it their capital