Vocab #8

2. A towerlike, multistory, solid or hollow structure made of stone, brick, or wood, and usually found in East and Southeast Asia
3. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water
6. The largest empire in pre-Columbian America
8. A non written form of communication and record-keeping
9. The last of the great Mesoamerican cultures before the Europeans arrived.
11. A Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period
12. Artificial agricultural islands built up with rafts, mud, and soils in order to support farming
13. A traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine

1. A mountain range in western South America
4. A technique in which steps are carved into mountainous regions to create farmable land
5. Japan's native belief system
7. The religious and administrative capital of the Inca Empire
9. The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
10. The capital of the Aztec Empire