Chapter 16

1. 800 hieroglyphic symbols used by the Mayans
7. An alliance between the Aztecs, Texcoco, and Tlacopan
9. an extended family group who took on task to big for a single family
10. This was known as a labor tribute in the Incan Empire
14. a natural object with which an individual, clan, or group identifies itself with
15. The Aztec ruler in 1502 who weakened the empire
17. The best of a politcal alliance is this tribe

2. villages of large aparment style buildings in which the Anasazi lived in
3. a bark paper book
4. The "feathered serpent" god
5. the last moundbuilding culture
6. An Incan ruler who took the throne in 1438 and he coquered all of Peru
7. a Mayan built city in which was a major center in northern Guatemala
8. a set of knotted strings used to record data
11. a people to the north who influenced the Hohokam
12. this book recounts the highland Maya's version of the story of creation
13. a very valuble trade item which was a green or black volcanic galss used to make razor sharp tools
16. a ceremony in which people gave food, drink, and gifts to the community