Across
- 2. who did the creoles want to get rid of?
- 4. what did the maya have an abundant access to?
- 10. one of the greatest mysteries of the historical and archaeological world
- 13. how many years did the war last?
- 14. massive city in the valley of mexico
- 15. what cause people to think the world might end in 2012?
Down
- 1. what did the aztecs call themselves?
- 3. known for their extensive practice of human sacrifice
- 5. what is the name of largest mixed-race nation in the world?
- 6. one of the very site of the modern-day Mexican national capital of Mexico City
- 7. to build a civilization you need four things:a stable climate,access to water, a staple food crop, and ____
- 8. what is the world used most often when studying ancient pre-columbian mesoamerica?
- 9. what script is the oldest american writing system?
- 11. who eventually faded from their prominence due to their rivers silting up
- 12. what is the place called where the maya who had existed for centuries in guatemalan highlands had descended into for trade?