Americas Crossword

2. Incans believed their rulers were decendants of the ___ ___
5. when the Aztecs joined with Texcoco and Tlatelolco, they became what is called the ____ _______
6. the name for people who worked together for the common good in the Inca (irrigation, terrace farmers)
7. traded primarily on the great plains
8. geography of Maya (biome)
10. Mayans lived on the _____ peninsula
12. both Mayans and Aztecs built large ________ (clue: Egypt)
13. an important city to the Aztecs
14. an important city to the Incans
16. Mayan and Incan form of government
17. Mayans used this to record important historic events in hieroglyphics
18. both Mayans and Aztecs made human _________
19. what two south American empires made a calendar? (alphabetical order)
20. geography of Aztec (biome)

1. this group in north America had status determined by warfare success
3. all 6 groups in the Americas had this type of religion
4. geography of Inca (biome)
9. lived in long houses
11. an important city to the Mayans
12. anasazi lived in these clay, multistory houses
15. the Mayans were most famous for their two _______, one focused on religion and one based on the sun