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- 1. An ancient Mesoamerican civilization known for its advanced writing, art, architecture, and astronomical systems.
- 3. A tiered tower with multiple eaves, often found in Japanese temple complexes, originating from Buddhist traditions.
- 4. A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger landmasses (e.g., Panama).
- 7. An Incan recording device consisting of a main cord with smaller, knotted strings of different colors, used for accounting and data.
- 8. A traditional Japanese gate, usually found at the entrance to a Shinto shrine, marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- 9. The belief that natural objects, such as rivers, trees, and mountains, possess a spiritual soul or essence.
- 11. A farming method cutting flat steps,terraces, into steep hillsides to c reate farmable land, commonly used in the Andes.
- 12. A powerful Mesoamerican culture in central Mexico (14th-16th centuries) known for its expansionist empire and capital, Tenochtitlan.
- 14. The capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco (modern-day Mexico City).
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- 2. A long mountain range along the western edge of South America, home to the Incan civilization.
- 5. The indigenous spirituality of Japan, focusing on the veneration of nature spirits and ancestors (kami).
- 6. "Floating gardens" created by the Aztecs, which were artificial islands used for agriculture in shallow lake beds.
- 10. The largest empire in pre-Columbian America, located along the Pacific coast and Andes mountains of South America.
- 13. The historic capital city of the Incan Empire, located in modern-day Peru.