Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Crossword Puzzle

Across

3. - the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
7. - a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
8. - a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures.
11. - a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the internet that is reserved for educational institutions.
13. - a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze.
14. - a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
15. - denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit.
18. - a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.
21. - an original source that provides direct evidence on a subject.
25. - the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
26. - a large waterfall.
27. - the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.
28. - a source that interprets or analyzes an event, time period, or phenomenon.
30. - a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.
32. - a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
33. - exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using money.
34. - a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
35. - the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form.
36. - the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of artifacts and physical remains.
38. - a map that shows the physical features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.
40. - the amount of a commodity, product, or service available.
41. - to take someone else's work or ideas and pass them off as one's own.
46. - an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs.
47. - a glacial episode during a past geological period.
48. - the branch of government that interprets the laws and administers justice.
51. - the study of human societies and cultures and their development.
55. - a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
56. - a means of representing or delineating something.
58. - the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarding collectively.
59. - a system where people elect individuals to represent them in the decision-making process.
61. - a form of government with a monarch at the head.
63. - an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
64. - a type of cloth or woven fabric.
66. - a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
67. - a ruler in ancient Egypt.
69. - a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets.
70. - an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined by a government.
72. - a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the internet that is commonly used by non-profit organizations.
73. - the belief in or worship of more than one god.
74. - the address of a web page on the internet.
75. - an economic system based on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.
78. - a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
79. - a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
81. - a map that shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and other administrative areas.
83. - relating to or characteristic of a scholar; learned, academic, or theoretical.
84. - an amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
85. - the organized growing of food on a regular schedule.
86. - the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.
87. - relating to the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.
88. - the later part of the Stone Age when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.

Down

1. - the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.
2. - counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated.
4. - the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
5. - enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.
6. - preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now with chemicals.
9. - a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires.
10. - a qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background, typically when used to indicate that they are suitable for something.
12. - bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale.
16. - an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
17. - the movement of people or animals from one place to another.
19. - the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
20. - an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
22. - an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
23. - a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the internet that is reserved for government entities in the United States.
24. - inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
29. - a thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the value of a variable.
31. - the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
34. - the ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
37. - send goods or services to another country for sale.
39. - half of a sphere, especially the earth.
42. - the branch of government that enforces the laws.
43. - the state of being in short supply.
44. - a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
45. - a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic.
49. - tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or on a farm.
50. - the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England.
52. - a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and four triangular faces meeting at a point.
53. - the branch of government that makes the laws.
54. - a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
55. - the four main points on a compass: north, south, east, and west.
57. - the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
60. - the branch of science concerned with the fossilized remains of animals and plants.
62. - a map designed to convey specific information about a particular topic.
65. - a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces.
67. - a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing.
68. - a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
71. - fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment.
76. - an expert in or student of astronomy.
77. - a member of a people having no permanent abode and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
80. - a city that is the seat of government; an amount of money or assets used to start or develop a business.
82. - the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.