The Americas Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 2. Capital city of the Inca empire
  2. 3. The Inca sun god
  3. 6. A culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 900 B.C. to 200
  4. 7. Valley in Mexico in which the numerous Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Aztecs, arose
  5. 8. A culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 200-A.D. 1000
  6. 13. A culture that thrived in the Andean region from about A.D. 600- A.D. 1000
  7. 14. The title of the Inca emperor
  8. 15. Knotted Strings used by Inca officials for record-keeping
  9. 16. Region of North America, including Mexico and Central America, in which civilizations with common cultural features developed before Europeans entered the continent.
  10. 17. In the Inca empire, a close-knit village
  11. 18. A mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries in the sun and that can be used for building.
  12. 21. Corn
  13. 22. Payment that conquered peoples may be forced to pay their conquerors.
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  1. 1. Native America village of the United States Southwest
  2. 4. Capital city of the Aztec empire, on which modern-day Mexico City was built
  3. 5. Large underground chamber that the Anasazi used for religious ceremonies and political meetings
  4. 8. City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from about A.D. 200 to A.D. 750 and that influenced the culture of later Mesoamerican people
  5. 9. Artificial islands used to cultivate crops and made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the lakebed with willow trees
  6. 10. In the ancient world, a tall, commemorative monument that was often decorated
  7. 11. A culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 600
  8. 12. The largest earthwork of the Mississippian culture, c. A.D. 700
  9. 16. A culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 400 B.C. to A.D. 600
  10. 19. The earliest American civilization, located along the Gulf Coast of Mexico from about 1500 B.C. to 400 B.C.
  11. 20. An embankment or other construction made of earth