Mesoamerica Civilizations Crossword#

2. Aztec boys did not become men until they captured a what in battle?
4. The Aztecs welcomed the Spanish and their leader, Hernando Cortes, because the Aztecs believed he was a legendary what who had returned to Earth?
5. The Inca believed that their emperor ruled by divine right because he was a descendant of the…
7. Christian missionaries did this to Mayan books in hopes of ending their worship of the Mayan gods
8. The ancient fortress city located on a mountain peak in Peru that is still remarkably intact today
11. Archaeological evidence found in colossal stone heads suggest that the Olmecs may be descendants of…
13. This precious stone was used by the Maya to make weapons
15. The Maya were descendants of this Mesoamerican civilization
16. Like the Roman Empire, the Inca Empire built an extensive network of…
18. Like the Ancient Egyptians, the Maya also had a system of writing known as…
20. Like the ancient Egyptians, the Inca believed in an afterlife and did what to their dead?

1. All of the Mesoamerican civilizations were what in terms of religion?
3. He was the leader of the Aztec Empire when the Spanish arrived
6. The purpose of Aztec warfare was to expand their territory and find victims for...
9. The last name of the Spanish leader who captured the Inca Empire leader, Atahualpa, and had him killed
10. Capital city of the Aztec Empire
12. The Mayan Empire was conquered by the…
14. Maya gods were worshipped with gifts of this
17. Series of knotted color coded strings used by the Inca to keep records since they had no written languages
19. This disease as well as others brought by the Spanish diminished the Aztec population