Across
- 3. The rapid spread of a disease around the world that affects a large number of people over a wide area
- 4. hearth A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward
- 5. franca A common language among speakers whose native languages are different
- 8. An action or behavior that is traditional among the people in a particular group or place
- 9. The earliest known inhabitants of a place
- 10. region Section of the Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems and types of government
- 13. A regional variety of a language with unique features, such as vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation
- 14. group A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs or place of origin
Down
- 1. Likely to decay or spoil quickly
- 2. Family A group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language
- 4. trait A characteristic of the culture that is shared by most members
- 6. The process by which economic, political, and cultural processes expand to reach across the world
- 7. An extensive group of countries or places under a single supreme authority
- 11. A person who flees a country because of violence, war, persecution or disaster
- 12. Set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people