Across
- 1. Noun Examples happiness, grudge, bravery, exhaustion, love, friendship, emotions, freedom, etc.
- 5. a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people
- 6. A group of families related by blood or marriage
- 7. Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because of the tiny needle-like shape of its particles, it can be easily shaped and used for underground structures (but vulnerable to earthquakes)
- 8. A community of people who share a common culture
- 9. names a person, place, thing, or idea
- 12. A house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
- 14. Noun Examples man, women, ice cream, school, ministry, church, graduation, college, dog, president, steps, backpack, park, degree, years, etc.
- 15. Treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to the Mongol military.
- 16. noun examples family, class, staff, team, herd, swarm, audience, jury, orchestra, flock, panel, etc.
- 17. of Heaven The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
- 20. A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
- 21. Extra; more than is needed
Down
- 1. To calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
- 2. Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
- 3. Noun Examples pilot, dad, day, shore, museum, florist, preschool, watch, horses, shoes, dormitory, snow, etc.
- 4. nouns Examples tea, sugar, water, air, rice, knowledge, beauty, anger, fear, love, money, research, safety, evidence, etc.
- 10. Noun Examples Volkswagen Beetle, Panago Pizza, Game of Thrones, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Starbucks, China, Brendan, etc.
- 11. A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time
- 13. noun examples chair, holiday, hockey, ocean, tree, watch, needle, paper, river, school, toy, wood, etc.
- 15. fine soil found on river bottoms
- 18. A protective wall that controls or holds back water
- 19. Belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.
- 22. A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms
