Unit 9 World History

4. corn - Most common crop of Mayas
5. people who lived in the valley of Mexico during 1300s
7. established a great civilization and built many cities in Central America from about 250-900 AD
8. more commonly known as Anasazi were Native American peoples of the Southwestern United States
9. round rooms used for special religious ceremonies of Anasazi
11. the capital city of Incan Empire
13. people of a powerful empire that ruled part of South America in the 1400s &1500s
15. knotted strings that maintained a complex system for keeping detailed records
16. a system of writing using signs and symbols

1. clear land by cutting down trees then burn tree stumps saving the ash to use as fertilizer
2. West of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. Mostly grassy and flat region
3. step like ledges cut into the mountains
6. clusters of stone and adobe dwellings built by the Anasazi
7. builders Native American groups who built curious and long-lasting mounds between 700 B.C. -1250 A.D.
10. capital city of the Aztecs
12. official count of population
14. a mountain chain that snakes along the western coast of South America