Chapter 20: States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America

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Across
  1. 1. Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes
  2. 6. Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs
  3. 9. large structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound-building peoples; it was the third-largest structure in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans
  4. 10. the architects for the Aztec empire
  5. 11. capital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City
  6. 13. large population located in American southwest; starts with "N"
Down
  1. 2. (1428-1440)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire; "the Obsidian Serpent"
  2. 3. large population located in American southwest; starts with "P"
  3. 4. Aztec god; "the Smoking Mirror"; the giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors
  4. 5. Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs
  5. 7. (1440-1469)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire
  6. 8. Central American society (950-1150) that was centered on the city of Tula
  7. 12. original region of the Toltec people, located to the northwest of modern Mexico City
  8. 14. empire Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I