Quiz 6 Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the peoples of Mesoamerica that spread much of their culture through trade, grand architecture, astrology, written language, and calendars.
  2. 6. a lower Spanish noble that was rewarded with a feudal encomienda grant upon conquest of a region or civilization in the Americas.
  3. 10. the mathematical and observational innovation of the Maya people that helped them to track time and make seasonal predictions regarding weather.(2 words)
  4. 12. the name given to the three-city military confederacy that dominated the Valley of Mexico region
  5. 14. term used to describe the common state system in Medieval Europe and Japan that featured regional rulers
  6. 17. the centralized imperial capital of the Inca Empire to which many (most) Incan roads led.
  7. 19. This was the primary city-state of the Mexica people.
  8. 20. the agricultural technique used by the Mexica which featured the cultivation of raised marsh islands
Down
  1. 1. A type of ritualistic sacrifice performed by the Aztec empire
  2. 2. the device used by the Inca which utilized a series of knots for record keeping.
  3. 3. This was the institution that exercised great religious, political, and moral power and authority in Medieval Europe. (2 Words)
  4. 5. the attempt to bring about lasting change in Japan by emulating Chinese culture and government (2 Words)
  5. 7. the civilization that dominated the Andes and western coastal regions of South America
  6. 8. the coerced labor system used by the Inca to construct public works such as bridges, temples, roads, etc.
  7. 9. This was the name for the powerful Japanese land-owning class
  8. 11. A type of pyramid that was created by Mesoamericans
  9. 13. This was the name for the powerful regional military class in Medieval Japan.
  10. 15. Which people migrated from north of the Mesoamerica region around 1200 CE to supplant and establish a conquest-based empire.
  11. 16. the practice in Medieval Europe in which vassals of the king and nobility had the right to forage, hunt, fish, farm, etc., from the land on which they were legally bound (2 words)
  12. 18. the leading cause of death for American Indians following the arrival of Europeans