Standards 1,2 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. belief that children should respect their ancestors and elders
  2. 8. practice in which the physical body is preserved after death for the afterlife, this was very common among the Egyptians
  3. 9. item that was dicovered in 1799 and led to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics
  4. 13. Egyptian writing system
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  1. 1. method of farming in which a field is burned and the ashes are used for fertilizer
  2. 2. Sumerian writing system used to keep records
  3. 3. river that gave Egyptians civilization and so important it was worshiped as a god
  4. 4. Sumerian religious temple built to please and worship the gods
  5. 5. most important aspect of ancient Chinese culture
  6. 7. name for an Egyptian king, who had bot political and religious authority
  7. 10. sacred text of the Hebrews
  8. 11. father of the Hebrews, also the person with whom Christians and Muslims trace their religious origins to
  9. 12. name of the region where the Sumerians built their civilization, means "land between the rivers"