Time

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Across
  1. 1. Religious text associated with the origin of the seven-day week.
  2. 6. Bartering + unstable markets = institutional financial stabilization.
  3. 8. Smartphones + dopamine-based design can lead to this psychological state. DETERMINISM Belief that events are fixed and inevitable.
  4. 10. “Killing time” treats time as something that can be ______.
  5. 11. “Time heals all wounds” treats time as having this ability.
  6. 12. Industrial innovation that required standardized national timekeeping. SPORTSMANSHIP Competition + fairness = ______.
  7. 16. Idea that society improves over time; common political term.
  8. 17. Roman leader who reformed the calendar. (2 words)
  9. 18. A ______ Day is added every four years.
  10. 22. Earth’s orbit around the sun; the astronomical event that defines a year
  11. 23. Economic system reflected in the 9-to-5 work schedule.
  12. 24. Ancient civilization that helped popularize dividing the day into 24 hours. DIMENSION English describes the future as “ahead,” treating time as a spatial __________.
  13. 25. Weekly religious day of rest.
Down
  1. 2. Civilization known for base-60 mathematics (60 seconds, 60 minutes). EQUATOR Imaginary line dividing Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
  2. 3. “Time flies” treats time as performing this action.
  3. 4. Earth’s movement that causes different regions to experience different local times. TENSE Grammatical category that marks past, present, or future.
  4. 5. Competition + ______ = corruption.
  5. 6. American founder associated with the phrase “Time is money.” (2 words) WEEKEND Industrialization helped establish the modern two-day ______.
  6. 7. Financial ______ linked in research to strength of future tense in language. ROTATION Earth’s spin on its axis; the astronomical event that defines a day.
  7. 9. In English, the past is often described as being “______” us.
  8. 13. “Running out of time” treats time as a ______.
  9. 14. Hemisphere with seasons opposite those of the United States.
  10. 15. Middle Eastern and North African language written from right to left.
  11. 19. Overseas explorers + ______ = naval protection.
  12. 20. The ______ Age marked the shift from natural rhythms to mechanical timekeeping.
  13. 21. Factories + worker exploitation = ______.