Latin America Crossword

2. an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.
6. a sib or clan that constituted the basic socioeconomic unit of Inca society.
7. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.
8. tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
10. a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
12. a mode or system of rule or government
13. a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems
14. a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government.
16. a flag
17. a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea. ditch or watercourse.

1. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
3. a room or building housing an astronomical telescope or other scientific equipment for the study of natural phenomena.
4. bird of the trogon family, with iridescent green plumage and typically red underparts, found in the forests of tropical America.
5. small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes
9. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
11. a sum of money sent, especially by mail, in payment for goods or services or as a gift.
15. 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.