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