Across
- 2. a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.(ch5)
- 4. a fertile deposit of windblown soil.(ch2)
- 5. an ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Philip II conquered Greece in 338 B.C.(ch5)
- 9. marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river.(ch2)
- 10. ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.(ch1)
- 11. the adoption of a conqueror’s culture by a conquered people.(ch7)
- 12. a governor of a province in the Persian Empire.(ch4)
- 15. in ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government.(ch6)
- 16. a human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.(ch1)
- 17. a form of a culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.(ch1)
- 18. West African storyteller.(ch8)
- 19. a decline in the value of money, accompanied by a rise in the prices of goods and services.(ch6)
- 23. a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by citizens who have the right to vote.(ch6)
- 24. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.(ch2)
- 25. an ancient Nubian kingdom whose rulers controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.(ch4)
- 26. series of rulers from a single family.(ch2)
- 28. a language of southern India; also, the people who speak that language.(ch7)
Down
- 1. a Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire.(ch4)
- 2. the act of moving from one place to settle in another.(ch8)
- 3. a humorous form of drama that often includes slapstick and satire.(ch5)
- 6. the taming of animals for human use.(ch1)
- 7. a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner.(ch4)
- 8. a seafaring people of Southwest Asia, who around 1100 B.C. began to trade and established colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.(ch3)
- 13. the Southwest Asian peninsula now occupied by the Asian part of Turkey— also called Asia Minor.(ch3)
- 14. the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church.(ch6)
- 20. a new form of agriculture in Aksum, in which stepped ridges constructed on mountain slopes help retain water and reduce erosion.(ch8)
- 21. an Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests.(ch3)
- 22. mounded stone structures built over Buddhist holy relics.(ch7)
- 26. Greek-speaking people that, according to tradition, migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization.(ch5)
- 27. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—the most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition.(ch3)