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