Across
- 2. a language shared by people who have different native languages
- 3. the governing domain of an empire
- 5. a secret plan to commit a crime
- 6. an ecoregion in Eurasia with dry grasslands and no forests
- 8. kill for political reasons
- 11. the people who perform the work of government
- 13. a line separating two countries or other political regions
- 15. a person without a legitimate claim to rule, who becomes ruler by force
- 18. allowing the practice of religions or cultures other than one’s own
Down
- 1. the right or lawfulness of a ruler’s claim to be head of the government
- 4. having a great deal of variety
- 6. receiving only 10 to 20 inches of precipitation per year; mostly dry
- 7. the ability to self-govern
- 9. short notes recorded for future use
- 10. receiving little or no precipitation; dry
- 12. a domain that has been conquered by the central state and made part of its empire
- 14. surrounded by land without access to the sea
- 16. speaking that is designed to persuade people
- 17. ruler of the “countries” of ancient Persia, who answered to the king