Social Studies Vocabulary Words Ancient Civilizations

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Across
  1. 2. predicting the future
  2. 6. decorative,stylish way of writing
  3. 8. An area of flat high ground
  4. 10. major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia.
  5. 12. belief in Ancient China that the ruler is given the power to rule by heaven.
  6. 15. Supreme Being or energy of the universe. The one true God.
  7. 16. bank of earth built on the sides of rivers to protect from flooding
Down
  1. 1. line of rulers who come from same family
  2. 3. person or object through which gods or ancestors send messages
  3. 4. The priests and religious scholars at the top of the caste system.
  4. 5. Man made channels filled with water. Provides water for crops and boats
  5. 7. fine yellowish sediment that makes its way into the Huang He river, giving the river its name, the Yellow River
  6. 9. ceremony that involves a series of actions performed in a specific way or order
  7. 11. flat"step" created on the side of a hill to grow crops
  8. 13. person who has passed and you are related to
  9. 14. to predict