HISTORY VOCAB #8 CROSSWORD

1. An ancient Mesoamerican civilization known for its advanced writing, art, architecture, and astronomical systems.
3. A tiered tower with multiple eaves, often found in Japanese temple complexes, originating from Buddhist traditions.
4. A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger landmasses (e.g., Panama).
7. An Incan recording device consisting of a main cord with smaller, knotted strings of different colors, used for accounting and data.
8. A traditional Japanese gate, usually found at the entrance to a Shinto shrine, marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
9. The belief that natural objects, such as rivers, trees, and mountains, possess a spiritual soul or essence.
11. A farming method cutting flat steps,terraces, into steep hillsides to c reate farmable land, commonly used in the Andes.
12. A powerful Mesoamerican culture in central Mexico (14th-16th centuries) known for its expansionist empire and capital, Tenochtitlan.
14. The capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco (modern-day Mexico City).

2. A long mountain range along the western edge of South America, home to the Incan civilization.
5. The indigenous spirituality of Japan, focusing on the veneration of nature spirits and ancestors (kami).
6. "Floating gardens" created by the Aztecs, which were artificial islands used for agriculture in shallow lake beds.
10. The largest empire in pre-Columbian America, located along the Pacific coast and Andes mountains of South America.
13. The historic capital city of the Incan Empire, located in modern-day Peru.