Across
- 5. large empire in Mesoamerica during 6th-9th centuries that mysteriously declined
- 6. "floating gardens" or small islands built by the Aztecs to farm on
- 8. Incan emperor that began the important Incan road system
- 9. large empire in Mesoamerica during the 15th/16th centuries
- 10. a system of recordkeeping that used colored strings and knots
- 12. Mayan king with elaborate tomb/death mask
Down
- 1. Military pact between three Mesoamerican cities: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Tlacopan
- 2. capital of the Aztec Empire
- 3. Incan ruins in Peru that may have been a royal retreat or religious site
- 4. Incan emperor that founded Machu Picchu
- 7. Emperor of the Aztec empire from 1503 to 1520
- 11. Native Americans that ruled a vast empire in South America