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- 2. Aztec boys did not become men until they captured a what in battle?
- 4. The Aztecs welcomed the Spanish and their leader, Hernando Cortes, because the Aztecs believed he was a legendary what who had returned to Earth?
- 5. The Inca believed that their emperor ruled by divine right because he was a descendant of the…
- 7. Christian missionaries did this to Mayan books in hopes of ending their worship of the Mayan gods
- 8. The ancient fortress city located on a mountain peak in Peru that is still remarkably intact today
- 11. Archaeological evidence found in colossal stone heads suggest that the Olmecs may be descendants of…
- 13. This precious stone was used by the Maya to make weapons
- 15. The Maya were descendants of this Mesoamerican civilization
- 16. Like the Roman Empire, the Inca Empire built an extensive network of…
- 18. Like the Ancient Egyptians, the Maya also had a system of writing known as…
- 20. Like the ancient Egyptians, the Inca believed in an afterlife and did what to their dead?
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- 1. All of the Mesoamerican civilizations were what in terms of religion?
- 3. He was the leader of the Aztec Empire when the Spanish arrived
- 6. The purpose of Aztec warfare was to expand their territory and find victims for...
- 9. The last name of the Spanish leader who captured the Inca Empire leader, Atahualpa, and had him killed
- 10. Capital city of the Aztec Empire
- 12. The Mayan Empire was conquered by the…
- 14. Maya gods were worshipped with gifts of this
- 17. Series of knotted color coded strings used by the Inca to keep records since they had no written languages
- 19. This disease as well as others brought by the Spanish diminished the Aztec population