vocab 8

1. The traditional indigenous religion of Japan
6. The capital city of the Aztec Empire
7. The capital city of the Incan Empire
8. the largest empire in pre-Columbian America
9. Farming An agricultural technique turning steep hillsides into flat plots
11. A set of knotted strings used by the Incas to keep records
12. floating gardens made of mud and reeds on shallow lake beds, used by the Aztecs
13. Mountains The mountain range along the west coast of South America

2. A narrow strip of land connecting where the Maya and Aztecs lived
3. An advanced Mesoamerican civilization, they lived in city-states located in present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
4. the belief that all things possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
5. A powerful Mesoamerican empire in central Mexico
6. A traditional Japanese gate, usually found at the entrance to a Shinto
10. A tiered tower with multiple eaves,