The Americas Review Activity

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Across
  1. 5. The answer to the following math equation 5+5 = _____
  2. 7. The Aztec god of the sun who took the form of a feathered serpent
  3. 8. The Three Sisters were the main crops grown in the highlands of Mesoamerica consisting of squash, beans, and this crop.
  4. 9. This culture lived in a desert between the Andes and Pacific Ocean. They developed a strong military and ruled almost 400 miles of Peruvian coastline
  5. 10. This culture extended across the high Andes to the lowlands below. They traded crops and other products as a way to export their culture
  6. 12. An Incan ruler who controlled widespread areas through a powerful military and strong central government. He also transformed the Inca capital, Cusco.
  7. 16. This culture lived in southern Peru and was known for its enormous mysterious geoglyphs in the form of animals.
  8. 17. One of the most powerful Aztec rulers who helped expand the Aztec empire to the Gulf of Mexico and built temples, aqueducts, and roads.
Down
  1. 1. This culture developed their society in the Oaxaca Valley and developed the first writing system in the Americas
  2. 2. In Maya society, this group determined when crops should be planted
  3. 3. The Aztecs built this city in a swamp
  4. 4. In the Maya writing system these symbolic pictures were sed to represent words, syllables, and sounds that could be combined into complex sentences.
  5. 6. This culture lived in central Peru and established the first empire in the region of the Andes mountains thanks to its powerful military. They also created terraced fields for farming
  6. 9. An Aztec ruler who considered himself an equal to the gods and kept pressuring defeated peoples for more and more tribute to pay for his luxurious, wasteful lifestyle.
  7. 11. This mountain range runs along the western edge of South America. These vast mountains are hard for people to live in as the slopes are rocky and steep and the air is very thin.
  8. 13. This culture began along Mexico’s Gulf Coast around 1200 BCE and their development led to the birth of Mesoamerica’s first civilization
  9. 14. This culture lived in northern Peru and created murals that showed respect for creatures of the natural world
  10. 15. The Aztec believed the gods were born at this location