Quarter 2 Exam Crossword

3. A major world religion based on the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama.
4. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
6. A region stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea.
8. A family or group that rules for several generations.
11. Longest river in the world, flows from central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.
14. A ruler of ancient Egypt.
16. A social class that a person belongs to by birth.
19. An ancient Egyptian structure, built over or around a tomb.
20. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River.
22. A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life.
24. An Egyptian writing system in which picture symbols stand for meanings or sounds.
25. A paperlike material made from the stems of the papyrus reed.

1. The process in which a pharaoh's body is prepared for the afterlife.
2. A temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platforms.
5. The fine soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands.
7. A region of city-states in Mesopotamia that was home to the first civilization.
9. The triangle-shaped deposit of rich soil at a river's mouth.
10. Soil that is able to produce good crops
12. Believing in many gods.
13. The study of the buildings, graves, tools and other objects which which belonged to people who lived in the past, in order to learn about their culture and society.
15. The first-known writing system, used wedge shaped symbols.
17. Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled.
18. Believes that one supreme spirit in the only reality in the universe and believe in the idea of reincarnation.
21. Large ancient city of the Indus civilization, located in present-day Pakistan.
23. a large stone coffin that Egyptians used to bury their remains in.