*Vocabulary Crossword Chapter 4*

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