Across
- 3. familes that inheritance was passed through the mother's side
- 7. chain of islands
- 8. killer tidal waves caused by underwater earthquakes
- 10. meaning "Universal Ruler"
- 11. when land becomes parched and desert spreads
- 14. dome shaped shrines
- 18. wealthy landowning class
- 19. general agreement
- 20. families that inheritance was passed through the father's side
- 22. vast, treeless plains
- 25. new East African language
- 27. the breaking up of large land agricultural holdings
- 28. meaning "those who serve"
Down
- 1. valuable product
- 2. the payment a woman brings to a marriage
- 3. meaning brilliant
- 4. percentage of people who can read and write
- 5. porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze
- 6. phonetic symbols representing syllables
- 9. grassy plains
- 10. professional storytellers
- 12. waterfalls
- 13. parents and children living and working together as a unit
- 15. a multistory temple with eaves that curve up at the corners
- 16. more than the needed amount
- 17. group of households who claimed a common ancestor
- 21. the "way of the warrior"
- 23. fields
- 24. the name Kublai adopted for his dynasty
- 26. the Korean phonetic alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of a spoken Korean