Latin America: Early Civilizations

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Across
  1. 2. The name given to the Mayans’ style of writing using pictures.
  2. 4. This civilization was located in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and parts of Central America.
  3. 7. The belief in many gods.
  4. 10. This civilization was centered in the Andes Mountains in South America.
  5. 12. Spanish conquistador Hernán _______ conquered the Aztecs.
  6. 13. Spanish conquistador Pedro de __________ conquered the Maya.
  7. 14. The language of the Incas.
Down
  1. 1. Floating gardens invented by the Aztecs.
  2. 3. Spanish conquistador Francisco _______ conquered the Incas.
  3. 4. This language is still spoken in some parts of Central America today.
  4. 5. Mayans invented a _____ system using lines and dots.
  5. 6. The language of of Aztecs.
  6. 8. The Inca developed this technique of farming on the mountainsides.
  7. 9. All of the ancient civilizations had different languages which were a part of their own unique _________.
  8. 11. This civilization was located in central Mexico.