Across
- 3. land leveled by the Inca for farming
- 9. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Inca society
- 14. The most important Aztec deity; the feathered snake
- 15. the King of the Aztecs at the time of their conquest by the Spanish
- 17. one of the largest and most famous Mayan city-states
- 19. South American Empire of assimilated tribes ruled by a central monarchy from Cuzco in the Andes Mountains
- 20. Former lake in central Mexico; home of Aztec civilization
- 21. floating farming islands made by the Aztec
- 23. Staple crop that formed the agricultural foundation of American civilizations
- 24. drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressure on brain
- 25. knotted ropes, which functioned as the writing and number system for the Inca
Down
- 1. Decentralized society of independent city-states in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mesoamerica
- 2. a deadly Old World disease that was particularly devastating to native populations in the New World
- 4. the economic system of the Inca empire, which operated without a currecy, relied on barter, and collected taxes in labor
- 5. The capital of the Inca Empire
- 6. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
- 7. Mesoamerican Empire of tributary states ruled by a central monarchy from Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico
- 8. The peninsula in Mesoamerica where the Mayan civilization was located
- 10. the most important Mayan deity; the feathered snake
- 11. a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end
- 12. the most important Inca deity; The Sun God from which Inca Emperors descend
- 13. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
- 16. having more than one wife at one time
- 18. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
- 22. The mountain range along the west coast of South America where the Inca Empire was located