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- 1. Japan's native belief system
- 5. Method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope
- 9. The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
- 10. a set of artificial floating islands, primarily used in southern Mexico
- 11. It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America
- 13. Ancient capital of the Aztec empire
- 14. Had been the capital of the Inca empire
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- 2. A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land
- 3. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate
- 4. A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower, generally for religious purposes
- 6. Mountains One of the worlds longest mountain ranges; The mountains shelter pre-Columbian archaeological sites
- 7. a Mesoamerican civilization that is known by its ancient temples and glyphs.
- 8. Recording devices used by the Inca Empire
- 12. Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico