Across
- 4. Mountain range of south America home to Inca
- 6. Culture that built giant stone head sculpture
- 7. Main staple in Mayan-Aztec cuisine a.k.a. corn
- 9. Lake upon which Inca people built villages
- 10. Pre-Aztec civilization in Valley of Mexico
- 11. Roadway built across water to the island
- 14. Long-distance Inca runners, carriers of messages
- 15. Disease carried by Spaniards, killed millions
- 17. Native language of south America
- 18. Symbol for word or idea in hieroglyphic writing
- 21. Strings with knotted patterns containing messages
- 22. Ancient calendar developed by Maya
- 23. Mesoamerican ball game played without hands
- 24. The leader of the Inca, considered divine
Down
- 1. Cutting shelves on hills for farming
- 2. Mountain-top Inca city, spiritual center
- 3. Spanish invader of Aztec empire
- 5. Lake upon which Aztec city Tenochtitlan was built
- 8. Capital of the Inca empire in present-day Peru
- 12. Clearing vegetation for farmland with fire
- 13. Natural material woven into bridges across river
- 16. Magnificent island city built by Aztecs
- 19. Small artificial islands for farming
- 20. Aztec calendar adapted from Mayan calendar