Across
- 2. The power of the government rests with the elite class
- 5. An explanation or way of explaining parts of biblical texts
- 11. Payment symbolizing gratitude or allegiance
- 12. Connected with the buying and selling of goods and services
- 14. Belief that non-human entities posses spiritual connection
- 17. The purposeful mistreatment of a group due to who they are
- 18. The restriction of trade to a geographically isolated area
- 20. A person or group who comes from a specific ancestor
- 21. Officials who assist leaders in administering a government
- 22. Expressing opinions that are different from those that are officially accepted
- 23. A person who gives money and support to the arts
Down
- 1. Someone who changes their religion or belief
- 3. Originating from a place; native
- 4. Unofficial records, a draft of a product
- 6. The ability to read and write
- 7. The ability to accept differences of opinion
- 8. An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority
- 9. An independent city that acts on its own
- 10. Collection of a tax by a government
- 13. A person who is literate in many languages
- 15. Spanish reclaiming of lost territory from Muslim rule
- 16. A belief held and taught by a church or group
- 19. An area of land that shares geographic features
- 20. The spread of ideas or people from place to place
- 22. A series of leaders of a country who all belong to the same family