Maya, Aztec, and Inca

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Across
  1. 2. / the king of the Inca was know as the _______ Inca
  2. 6. / picture writing used by the Maya
  3. 8. / the basic unit of the Inca community
  4. 9. / people who conquered the Aztec and Inca
  5. 12. / The Maya____________ predicted the end of world on Dec. 21, 2012
  6. 13. / El____________ is a famous pyramid found in the Maya city of Chichen Itza
  7. 14. / Francisco ____________ conquered the Inca Emprire
  8. 17. / monument made by the Maya and Aztec with a temple on top to their gods
  9. 19. / he conquered the Aztecs
  10. 20. / capital of the Aztec empire
  11. 22. / a Maya book made from a number of pages folded up in a zig zag pattern
  12. 24. / Powerful empire in South America when the Spanish arrived
Down
  1. 1. / ___________ Picchu was a hidden Inca city never discovered by the Spanish
  2. 3. / Aztec language
  3. 4. / the Maya, Aztec, and Inca did not make use of this round invention
  4. 5. / the staple food for all 3 civilizations
  5. 7. / Spanish explorers, treasure hunters, and conquerors
  6. 9. / an infectious disease brought to the Americas by the Spanish
  7. 10. / The Maya played this ball game in a large court surrounded by stone walls
  8. 11. / the Inca built these throughout their empire to enable communication by messenger runner
  9. 12. / this famous food came from the Americas and the cacao seed
  10. 13. / Capital city of the Inca
  11. 15. / name for the Aztec king
  12. 16. / king of the Aztec when the Spanish arrived
  13. 18. / modern day country where the Aztec lived
  14. 21. / the Inca had to pay a labor_____ to the government each year
  15. 23. / the Inca god Inti was the god of the ______