Across
- 3. an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.
- 7. a sib or clan that constituted the basic socioeconomic unit of Inca society.
- 10. small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes
- 12. a room or building housing an astronomical telescope or other scientific equipment for the study of natural phenomena.
- 13. a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea. ditch or watercourse.
- 14. a mode or system of rule or government
- 15. bird of the trogon family, with iridescent green plumage and typically red underparts, found in the forests of tropical America.
- 16. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
Down
- 1. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.
- 2. a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems
- 4. a flag
- 5. relating to or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming.
- 6. tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
- 8. a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 9. a sum of money sent, especially by mail, in payment for goods or services or as a gift.
- 10. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- 11. a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government.