Across
- 2. People in Mesoamerica treasured the ________________, because of the beauty of its feathers.
- 4. was the king of the Aztecs when Hernan Cortez invaded Mexico.
- 6. The _________________ built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in a lake.
- 8. Explorers have found the bones of sting-rays that they believed the Mayan used for ____________.
- 12. After the classic Maya cities were abandoned in about 900 A. D., many of the Mayas moved north to new centers in the _______________ Peninsula.
- 13. Sometimes the Maya noble-priests inflicted wounds on themselves to make _______________ offerings to the gods.
- 14. From their capital of ________________, the Toltecs extended their influence throughout Mesoamerica.
Down
- 1. The most important grain to the Mayas and Aztecs was corn, also known as ____________.
- 3. The beautiful city of Tikal was built by the ________________.
- 5. The Olmec carved masks of __________________, one of the hardest stones known to man.
- 7. Hernan Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs, was a Spanish ____________.
- 9. In 1492, ________________ discovered some islands in the Bahamas, and thought he had reached the Indies.
- 10. The Aztecs settled on an island in a large lake; the lake was called Lake ___________.
- 11. An Aztec _______________ weighed 25 tons and was used for religious reasons.