Maya, Aztecs, and Inca

5. Modern country where the Maya lived
7. This famous food came from the Americas and the cacao seed
8. A book made from a number of pages folded up in a zig-zag pattern
10. The Last Inca Emperor
11. The Inca built these throughout their Empire to enable communication by message runners
12. Official language of the Inca
14. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca did not make use of this round invention
15. A monument made by the Aztecs and Maya
18. Infectious disease brought by the Europeans that killed many of the Native Americans
20. Inca ruler who expanded territory in mid 1400s
22. people who conquered the Aztecs and Inca
24. Capital city of the Inca Empire
25. Modern day country where the Inca lived
26. Modern day country where the Aztecs lived

1. name for a Spanish explorer, treasure hunter, and conqueror
2. King of Aztecs when the Spanish arrived
3. Powerful Empire in South America when the Spanish arrived
4. _________Picchu was a hidden city of the Inca that was never discovered by the Spanish
6. he conquered the Aztec Empire
9. The Maya ________ predicted the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012
13. Maya writing was made up of picture symbols called __________
15. The Inca had to pay a labor _______
16. This civilization was not considered an Empire because it was made up of city-states
17. another name for corn
19. The Inca god Inti was the god of the _________
20. Francisco ____________ conquered the Inca Empire
21. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of this
23. Maya played a game with a rubber ball that they had to get through a ________