Across
- 3. writing system in which pictures were used to represent objects, ideas, and sounds; civilizations including the Egyptians & Mayans wrote using this writing system
- 7. Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras; no single ruler ever united the many cities into one empire; major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar
- 8. a person who is killed as part of a religious ritual and made an offering to god(s)
- 9. the dried seeds of a tropical bush, used for processing into cocoa and chocolate
Down
- 1. an early form of corn grown by Native Americans
- 2. buildings from which people could study the sky
- 4. a hard volcanic glass often turned into tools, weapons, or decorations; traded and used widely in Mesoamerican civilizations
- 5. the belief in or worship of more than one god
- 6. Maya king of Palenque, he had a temple built in the city to record his achievements