Unit 2 Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
  2. 6. general agreement
  3. 9. a task or problem that tests a person’s abilities
  4. 12. soldiers who ride on horses
  5. 14. a strong disagreement
  6. 16. kill for political reasons
  7. 18. an ecoregion in Eurasia with dry grasslands and no forests
  8. 20. the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants
  9. 22. a hard, dark, volcanic rock
  10. 24. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
  11. 29. the right or lawfulness of a ruler’s claim to be head of the government
  12. 31. surrounded by land without access to the sea
  13. 33. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
  14. 35. the process of preserving a dead body so that it does not decay
  15. 36. a resource that can be used to make something else
  16. 37. someone who is trained in a particular career
  17. 39. a line separating two countries or other political regions
  18. 40. the ability to self-govern
  19. 42. having a great deal of variety
  20. 45. fine particles of rock
  21. 46. the group of gods worshipped in a religion
  22. 48. a person who makes money by selling goods
  23. 49. an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
  24. 50. a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
  25. 52. a means of supplying land with water
  26. 53. very large structures built by a society; often built to honor the power of the society's rulers or gods
  27. 56. to join together
  28. 58. a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure
  29. 59. to show something in a place where people can see it
  30. 60. an area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared
  31. 61. writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  32. 64. a military tactic in which an archer rides away from an enemy, but shoots back over his or her shoulder
  33. 67. a system of underground channels used to irrigate arid and semiarid locations
  34. 69. a skilled way of doing something
  35. 72. speaking that is designed to persuade people
  36. 73. a craftsperson
  37. 74. to build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house
  38. 75. receiving little or no precipitation; dry
  39. 76. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
Down
  1. 1. the governing domain of an empire
  2. 2. a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
  3. 3. to keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs
  4. 5. a collection of written laws and rules
  5. 7. the blending of practices from more than one religion
  6. 8. to bring something new into being
  7. 10. a way of life that offers much more than what is necessary
  8. 11. a society that is clearly divided between an elite at the top and, often, skilled workers in the middle and laborers and enslaved people at the bottom
  9. 13. a person without a legitimate claim to rule, who becomes ruler by force
  10. 15. a disagreement or fight caused by opposing points of view
  11. 17. a domain that has been conquered by the central state and made part of its empire
  12. 19. divisions of society that are kept strictly separate and treated differently
  13. 21. a secret plan to commit a crime
  14. 23. to bring together
  15. 25. passed along from parent to child
  16. 26. the way a civilization is organized
  17. 27. a language shared by people who have different native languages
  18. 28. arranged in a difficult way
  19. 29. a substance that lies between or above other things
  20. 30. allowing the practice of religions or cultures other than one’s own
  21. 32. a god or being believed to have created the world or universe
  22. 34. a city that is the center of government
  23. 38. ruler of the “countries” of ancient Persia, who answered to the king
  24. 41. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
  25. 43. the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes
  26. 44. a planned approach
  27. 45. a member of society who is able to communicate between society and the spiritual and natural worlds
  28. 47. in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  29. 51. a symbol that stands for an object
  30. 54. an interconnected system of channels or lines
  31. 55. wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
  32. 57. the people who perform the work of government
  33. 62. the passing of knowledge, ideas, and culture through spoken words or songs
  34. 63. short notes recorded for future use
  35. 65. an early form of writing based on symbols
  36. 66. a singer or performer, usually one who recited poetry to music for the nobility
  37. 68. a person who writes
  38. 70. someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted
  39. 71. receiving only 10 to 20 inches of precipitation per year; mostly dry