Jake's History Puzzle

1. Apart from other people or things
3. Exchange or share thoughts, feelings or information with words, writing, or other methods
4. Location where ruins were found from the Shang dynasty, China's first civilization
6. section of a country
9. average weather conditions in an area
10. Large group of family and friends
12. The differences between people or things, when they are compared
15. improve quality of something
16. liquid such as water,turns into a vapor, or gas
17. One of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
18. Relating to the army
19. To grow larger
20. Water usually found in a desert

2. Honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the spirits of the dead
5. a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
7. A piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors
8. strong medal alloy made from copper
11. A stream or river that feeds into a larger stream, river, or lake
13. Pattern that is used for artistic purposes
14. Light, fertile soil that yields bountiful grain crops