Across
- 7. belief in or worship of more than one god
- 8. a system of social hierarchy specific to India, which still exists today.
- 9. the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization
- 10. government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
- 13. the doctrine or belief that there is but one God
- 16. the reduction of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form (written law).
- 20. a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome.
- 21. any system where groups of people are ranked one above another. Examples: poor, middle class, wealthy
- 22. a worker who practices a trade or handicraft
- 23. a relatively high level of cultural and technological development
- 25. ancient trade route that extended from eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea
- 26. the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.
Down
- 1. Languages that can be written down
- 2. the adaptation of a plant or animal from a wild or natural state (as by selective breeding) to life in close association with human
- 3. a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority
- 4. a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement. This period is described as a "revolution" because it changed the way of life of communities which made the change.
- 5. a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time
- 6. he highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
- 11. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- 12. a capability given by the practical application of knowledge
- 14. a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by religious authorities.
- 15. a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
- 17. means any [organization] structure in which an organization that has a social or educational purpose [such as] is located, including, without limitation, a nursing home, hospital or school.
- 18. a making or becoming specialized
- 19. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- 24. a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
- 27. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.