Chapter 16

1. A natural object that an individual, a group or a clan identifies itself with. Displayed proudly to establish unity within a group
4. Emperor of the Aztec Empire who called for more sacrifice and tributes and caused the fall of the Aztec empire when provinces raised up to strike them
6. A northern tribe who built impressive cliff dwellings on flat-topped hills
8. The most famous of the three surviving mayan codexes
11. An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information
12. The joined group of the Aztecs, Texoco and Tlacopan who became the leading group in the valley of Mexico
14. A bark-paper book in which mayans wrote down their history to record historical events
16. Villages of large, apartment-style compounds made of adobe and sun baked clay
17. The incan ruler who conquered Peru and grew the Incan empire greatly

2. A green-black volcanic glass used to make razor sharp weapons
3. The requirement in the Incan Empire that all able-bodied subjects had to work for the state a certain number of days each year
4. The last mound builder culture who created thriving villages on farming and trade
5. A spectacular city center in Northern Guatemala built during the classic mayan period of civilization
7. Hieroglypic symbols used by early Mayans and stood for whole words or syllables
9. The extended family group that undertook tasks that were to large for a small family
10. The Feathered Serpent god worshiped by the toltec peoples
13. A political alliance of peoples peaking the same language in the Eastern Great Lakes region in the late 1500s
15. Elaborate ceremony where families displayed their rank and prosperity in early North America