History Exam - Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 4. practice of farming
  2. 7. the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and structures
  3. 9. when humans first appeared
  4. 12. a large group of states, countries, or territories ruled over by a single supreme authority
  5. 14. Large graves to hold the remains
  6. 15. fortified towns or walled cities that grew in medieval Europe inhabited by merchants.
  7. 17. a system of government where the citizens hold the power and vote to make decisions
  8. 18. lasting for only a limited or short period of time
  9. 21. the act of distributing, scattering, or extending something
  10. 23. something that is owned by a person
  11. 24. one of the world's oldest epic poems
  12. 25. a professional writer
  13. 26. when humans lived a settled life.
  14. 28. shared beliefs, customs, arts, and traditions of a specific group of people
  15. 29. an ancient dead language
  16. 30. towns and cities grow as more people move to live and work in them
  17. 32. a system of government where power is held by a small group of wealthy people
  18. 34. medieval associations of craftsmen or merchants
  19. 36. The direction where the sun rises, often used historically to refer to Asia
Down
  1. 1. the ancient past, before the Middle Ages
  2. 2. region in the Middle East with rich soil and temperate climate
  3. 3. a ruler who seizes power illegally and rules with total, often cruel, control
  4. 5. the countryside
  5. 6. living permanently in one place
  6. 8. One of the world's earliest systems of writing
  7. 9. a territory within a larger country or empire.
  8. 10. a government ruled by a single person who inherits all the power
  9. 11. a sharp, pointed tool used for writing
  10. 13. large, temporary marketplaces held at regular intervals where merchants gathered to buy and sell goods
  11. 16. the large sea surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia
  12. 19. poor laborers of low social status, common in feudal societies
  13. 20. monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus
  14. 22. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, existence, and morals
  15. 27. gods or goddesses worshipped in a religion
  16. 31. moving from place to place in search of necessities
  17. 33. fixed paths, tracks, or ways taken to get from a starting point to a destination
  18. 35. main prophet of Christianity.