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Across
  1. 2. a language shared by people who have different native languages
  2. 3. the governing domain of an empire
  3. 5. a secret plan to commit a crime
  4. 6. an ecoregion in Eurasia with dry grasslands and no forests
  5. 8. kill for political reasons
  6. 11. the people who perform the work of government
  7. 13. a line separating two countries or other political regions
  8. 15. a person without a legitimate claim to rule, who becomes ruler by force
  9. 18. allowing the practice of religions or cultures other than one’s own
Down
  1. 1. the right or lawfulness of a ruler’s claim to be head of the government
  2. 4. having a great deal of variety
  3. 6. receiving only 10 to 20 inches of precipitation per year; mostly dry
  4. 7. the ability to self-govern
  5. 9. short notes recorded for future use
  6. 10. receiving little or no precipitation; dry
  7. 12. a domain that has been conquered by the central state and made part of its empire
  8. 14. surrounded by land without access to the sea
  9. 16. speaking that is designed to persuade people
  10. 17. ruler of the “countries” of ancient Persia, who answered to the king