Maya, Aztecs, and Inca

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Across
  1. 5. Modern country where the Maya lived
  2. 7. This famous food came from the Americas and the cacao seed
  3. 8. A book made from a number of pages folded up in a zig-zag pattern
  4. 10. The Last Inca Emperor
  5. 11. The Inca built these throughout their Empire to enable communication by message runners
  6. 12. Official language of the Inca
  7. 14. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca did not make use of this round invention
  8. 15. A monument made by the Aztecs and Maya
  9. 18. Infectious disease brought by the Europeans that killed many of the Native Americans
  10. 20. Inca ruler who expanded territory in mid 1400s
  11. 22. people who conquered the Aztecs and Inca
  12. 24. Capital city of the Inca Empire
  13. 25. Modern day country where the Inca lived
  14. 26. Modern day country where the Aztecs lived
Down
  1. 1. name for a Spanish explorer, treasure hunter, and conqueror
  2. 2. King of Aztecs when the Spanish arrived
  3. 3. Powerful Empire in South America when the Spanish arrived
  4. 4. _________Picchu was a hidden city of the Inca that was never discovered by the Spanish
  5. 6. he conquered the Aztec Empire
  6. 9. The Maya ________ predicted the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012
  7. 13. Maya writing was made up of picture symbols called __________
  8. 15. The Inca had to pay a labor _______
  9. 16. This civilization was not considered an Empire because it was made up of city-states
  10. 17. another name for corn
  11. 19. The Inca god Inti was the god of the _________
  12. 20. Francisco ____________ conquered the Inca Empire
  13. 21. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of this
  14. 23. Maya played a game with a rubber ball that they had to get through a ________