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- 2. A sudden and widespread illness.
- 4. Because they developed before Christopher Columbus's first voyage, the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations are called pre-__________________
- 6. This Spanish Explorer contributed to the decline of the Aztec civilization.
- 10. (2 words) The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all told these to explain how the Earth and people were created
- 15. Something that is holy or deserving of respect
- 16. The name of the capital city of the Aztec civilization
- 19. To adapt to their environments, what did the Aztec and Inca build to carry water.
- 21. (Truth or False) Nobody knows for sure why the Maya civilization declined
- 22. The short-form of the word hieroglyphs
- 24. Things that exist or live naturally in a particular place.
- 26. This early civilization lived in Central America
- 27. Ancient books of handwritten text (singular is codex)
- 28. In the Aztec myth, what was the eagle sitting on?
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- 1. Together, Central America and parts of Mexico were called _______________.
- 3. Another word for the tribute the Aztec and Inca citizens had to pay to their rulers
- 5. The Maya used "slash and __________" techniques to help grow their crops.
- 7. To farm on the mountainside, the Inca built these to grow their crops.
- 8. An Aztec myth said the Aztecs would know where to build their city when they found an eagle with what in its mouth?
- 9. The Aztec constantly waged war against other city-states to exapand their what?
- 11. This early civilization lived in Mexico
- 12. This early civilization lived in South America
- 13. The Aztec built their civilization at the same time as what other ancient civilation?
- 14. These were proof that the Maya had a writing system
- 17. The Aztec, Inca, and Maya all believed in and worshipped many ____________.
- 18. The Aztecs used these floating islands to grow crops.
- 20. The name of the capital city of the Inca civilization
- 23. These mountains are were the Inca lived in Peru
- 25. Pizzaro contributed to the decline of this civilization.