Across
- 1. a method of hillside farming
- 4. capital of the Aztec Empire, destroyed by the Spaniards, modern day Mexico city
- 9. A Japanese structure like an Indian stupa with four parts
- 10. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship
- 11. a group of languages spoken by the Mayas in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
- 12. a device with a cord with colorful knotted strings attached, used by ancient Peruvians for recording events
- 13. Nahuatl-speaking people of central Mexico
Down
- 2. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land
- 3. an agricultural system of artificial floating islands, mainly used in Southern Mexico
- 5. a mountain range along the western coast of South America
- 6. Quechua-speaking people of South America
- 7. a city in S Peru; ancient Inca ruins
- 8. the belief that natural objects, phenomena, and the universe possess souls
- 14. a decorative gateway or portal made of wood, common at Japanese cultural sites