Chapter 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a person who studies planets and stars
  2. 5. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
  3. 6. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  4. 8. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
  5. 9. a system of writing developed by Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
  6. 12. fine particles of fertile soil
  7. 13. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
  8. 14. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
Down
  1. 1. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
  2. 2. a belief in more than one god
  3. 4. a groups of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
  4. 7. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
  5. 10. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
  6. 11. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory