Vocab 8 Crossword

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  1. 1. Japan's native belief system
  2. 5. Method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope
  3. 9. The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
  4. 10. a set of artificial floating islands, primarily used in southern Mexico
  5. 11. It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America
  6. 13. Ancient capital of the Aztec empire
  7. 14. Had been the capital of the Inca empire
Down
  1. 2. A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land
  2. 3. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate
  3. 4. A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower, generally for religious purposes
  4. 6. Mountains One of the worlds longest mountain ranges; The mountains shelter pre-Columbian archaeological sites
  5. 7. a Mesoamerican civilization that is known by its ancient temples and glyphs.
  6. 8. Recording devices used by the Inca Empire
  7. 12. Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico