Mesoamerica and Japan Vocabulary
Across
- 3. A belief that all entities in nature have a spiritual essence (soul).
- 5. A _______ gate is an entrance that marks where you enter pagodas and shrines.
- 6. A piece of Japanese architecture characterized by terraces and shingles. A temple similar to Chinese architecture.
- 10. _______ farming was used by the Incans.
- 11. A Peruvian city that was once the capital of the Incan empire.
- 12. "Floating Gardens" and highly fertile and artificially raised fields Aztecs used.
- 14. An ________ is a narrow strip of land that connects large land masses that are bordered by water on two sides.
Down
- 1. This site is a historic capital of Mexico city.
- 2. A Japanese religion that focuses on spirits in nature, respecting ancestors and life, and understanding purity and harmony.
- 4. A Mesoamerican society that lived in the rainforests of central America and Mexico. Known for their pyramids and hieroglyphic writing.
- 7. A Mesoamerican society that lived in the arid valley of central Mexico. Known for polytheistic rituals and sacrifices.
- 8. A Mesoamerican society that lived in the Andes mountains of South America. Known for their major road system.
- 9. Ancient Andean recording devices made of knotted, colored cotton or camelid strings.
- 13. The longest continental mountain chain in the world. The _____ mountains.