Across
- 3. writing that uses pictures as symbols
- 5. a Mesoamerican people who built an empire in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to 1519 C.E.
- 6. a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground
- 8. a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place
- 10. the people of an important Mesoamerican civilization that lasted from about 2000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
- 11. a gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the gods
- 12. a set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony
- 13. the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America
Down
- 1. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Incan society.
- 2. the capital city of the Aztec Empire
- 4. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
- 7. people of a culture in the Andes Mountains of South America that arose in the 1400s C.E. and lasted until 1532 CE
- 9. a public square or open area in a city where people gather