Mayans, Aztecs & Incan Civilization

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Worshipping or believing in more than one god (12)
  2. 4. Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface (8)
  3. 6. Country south of the USA known for tacos (6)
  4. 8. A ___ with heavy annual ___ (10)
  5. 9. Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911 (11)
  6. 11. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (4)
  7. 12. A ruler of the ___ (4)

Down

  1. 1. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year (plural) (9)
  2. 2. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  3. 3. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  4. 5. The male ruler of an empire (7)
  5. 7. A science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (11)
  6. 10. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast (5)