Across
- 3. a professional warrior of preindustrial Japan
- 6. a large group of people descended from the same ancestor; a family group; a group of close-knit, interrelated families
- 9. a sign or image that stands for an idea
- 10. fine, yellowish, brownish topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, carried and deposited by the wind
Down
- 1. cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
- 2. a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea
- 4. a group or chain of islands
- 5. a series of things in a row; a series of mountains
- 7. a ruling house or continuing family of rulers, especially in China
- 8. a violent tropical storm that forms in the Pacific Ocean, usually in late summer