Learning Contract Vocab #8

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Across
  1. 4. A gate found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine
  2. 6. A large Mexican altepetl/city state, one of the largest cities in the world during its time
  3. 7. A city in Southeastern Peru
  4. 8. A technique used in Meso-America wherein small rectangle areas of land grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico
  5. 11. A record-keeping device made of cords, a sort of pre-writing
  6. 12. A narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger land masses and separates 2 bodies of water
  7. 13. The highest mountain range outside of Asia, spanning from Venezuela to Chile
  8. 14. An ancient civilization in Mesopotamia that flourished from 250-900 CE and made advancements in art, architecture, and the calendar
Down
  1. 1. A Japanese religion centered around kami (gods/spirits)
  2. 2. A farming technique of carving steps into mountainous regions to make farmland
  3. 3. A Meso-American civilization that flourished from 1300-1500 CE known for their powerful empire
  4. 5. The largest empire in Pre-Columbian America, lasted from 1438 to 1533 CE
  5. 9. A tiered building common in Japan
  6. 10. The attribution of a soul to inanimate objects/plants/animals