Mesoamerican Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. This means "place of fright" and branches into the "Tree of Life", the Mayans believed in this.
  2. 4. This tribe's origin story has to do with a hawk that has a snake in it's mouth landing on a cactus, and this tribe was a military based society.
  3. 5. The man who conquered the Aztecs and destroyed their empire.
  4. 8. The Olmec were the _ _ _ _ _ tribe in Mesoamerica.
  5. 9. This was the Aztecs main city with over 140,000 people living there.
  6. 11. Chichen Itza and the city of Uxmal are important symbols of this tribe, this tribe also had a complex religious system.
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  1. 1. This conquistador killed the leader of the Inca, Atahualpa, and then conquered the Incas.
  2. 3. This citadel is located in the Andes Mountains, was built by the Incan tribe, and is now one of the seven wonders of the world.
  3. 6. A game created by the Mayans, where there is a goal 20 feet in the air and a ball and you have to try to get the ball in the goal by using your thigh or any body part except your hands.
  4. 7. This civilization was the first to build pyramids, and had a big influence on civiliazations in the future.
  5. 10. This tribe had very sophisticated road systems and government, they also had their own state religion but allowed other religions to be practiced as well.