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Pre-Columbian America

Teacher: Katie
Horizontales
This empire reached its high point between A.D. 950 and 1150; the center of the empire was Tula.
In this powerful city-state, the ruler Pacal claimed to be descended from the gods, as did other Maya rulers.
Maya *********** remained a mystery for centuries, until scholars discovered that many passages contained symbols that recorded dates in the Maya calendar.
Machu Picchu was built on a lofty hilltop surrounded by mountain peaks far above the ******** River.
This type of labor was an important feature of the Inca Empire.
In the 1440s, under the leadership of *********, the Inca launched a campaign of conquest that eventually brought the entire region under Inca control.
Around A.D. 300, this civilization developed near the Pacific coast not far south of the border of Ecuador.
West of the Mississippi River basin, the ****** Indians cultivated beans, corn and squash along the river valleys of the eastern Great Plains.
According to Aztec legend, when the Aztec saw this perched on a cactus growing out of a rock, their difficult migration would end.
Here was the Aztec capital, now Mexico City.
They worshipped Huitzilopochtli.
The Inca were great builders, the best ********* among Native American peoples.
The Iroquois lived in villages that consisted of ********** surrounded by wooden fences for protection.
From the combined efforts of the Deganawida and ******** came the Great Peace, which created an alliance of five groups called the Iroquois League.
They worshipped the God Quetzalcoatl.
They worshipped the God Quetzalcoatl.
The Hopewell people lived in the **** River valley.
West of the Mississippi River basin, the ****** Indians cultivated beans, corn and squash along the river valleys of the eastern Great Plains.
The Inca economy was based on high-altitude ***********.
Maya *********** remained a mystery for centuries, until scholars discovered that many passages contained symbols that recorded dates in the Maya calendar.
The ******* people established an extensive farming society in present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
Mayan craftspeople were adept at showing the stylized human form in these.
This civilization flourished between A.D. 300 and 900 on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Verticales
Aztec farmers built these, which were swampy islands criss-crossed by canals that provided water for crops.
The Hopewell people lived in the **** River valley.
In this powerful city-state, the ruler Pacal claimed to be descended from the gods, as did other Maya rulers.
Maya cities were built around a central ******* topped by a shrine to the gods.
Beginning around 200 B.C., this culture appeared in southern Peru.
The people of the Nazca and ***** cultures lived before the Inca gained power.
The Inca kept records with these, a system of knotted strings.
The belief in many gods.
At the site of *******, near the city of East St. Louis, Illinois, archaeologists found a burial mound more than 98 feet high.
The ******** people, known as the Mound Builders, built large, elaborate earth mounds that were used as tombs or for ceremonies.
Mayan craftspeople were adept at showing the stylized human form in these.
This civilization flourished between A.D. 300 and 900 on the Yucatan Peninsula.
They worshipped Huitzilopochtli.
Like the Maya and Aztec, the Inca made ************ observations.
The Toltec extended their conquests into the Maya lands of ********* and the northern Yucatan.
The Iroquois lived in villages that consisted of ********** surrounded by wooden fences for protection.
The ******* people established an extensive farming society in present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
This empire reached its high point between A.D. 950 and 1150; the center of the empire was Tula.
They created 19,000 miles of roads.
They created 19,000 miles of roads.