Crossword for Snyder
Across
- 2. large underground chamber that the Anasazi used for religious ceremonies and political meetings
- 5. a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 400 B.C. to A.D. 600
- 7. the largest Anasazi pueblo, built in New Mexico in the A.D. 900s
- 8. a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 600–A.D. 1000
- 9. payment that conquered peoples may be forced to pay their conquerors
- 11. city that dominated the Valley of Mexico from about A.D. 200 to A.D. 750 and that influenced the culture of later Mesoamerican peoples
- 12. knotted strings used by Inca officials officials for record-keeping
- 14. valley in Mexico in which the numerous Mesoamerican civilizations
- 17. the title of the Inca Emperor
- 18. a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 200–A.D. 1000
- 22. uper region of North America, including Mexico and Central America
- 23. a tall, commemorative monument that was often decorated
- 25. among Native American groups of the Northwest Coast, ceremonial gift-giving by people of high rank and wealth
- 27. Native American village of the United States Southwest
Down
- 1. the sun god
- 3. political alliance of five Iroquois groups, known as the Five Nations, in the late 1500s
- 4. a mixture of clay and plant fibers that can be used for building
- 6. in Illinois, the largest earthwork of the Mississippian culture, c. A.D. 700
- 10. corn
- 11. capital city of the Aztec empire
- 13. a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 900 B.C. to 200 B.C.
- 15. artificial islands used to cultivate crops in the Aztec empire
- 16. a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 600
- 19. the earliest American civilization
- 20. an embankment or other construction made of earth
- 21. the largest complex of Anasazi cliffdwellings in the United States Southwest
- 24. in the Inca empire,a close knit village
- 26. capital city of the Inca empire