Across
- 2. a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
- 5. a line of rulers from the same family
- 9. the principle that limited amounts of goods and services are available to meet unlimited wants
- 15. the position of a place in relation to another place
- 16. a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
- 17. babylonian king who established Sumeria
- 21. a half of the earth, as divided by the equator or by the Prime Meridian
- 23. a person who writes things down; an official record-keeper.
- 24. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 25. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- 26. an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features
- 27. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
- 31. a ruler of ancient Egypt
- 32. the exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
- 33. great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
- 35. a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
- 36. a social group made up of families or clans
- 38. a long poem that tells the story of a hero.
- 39. a messenger sent by God to share God's word with people
- 41. forced payments taken from conquered people
- 43. the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
- 45. the science or practice of farming, including the growing of crops and the rearing of animals
- 49. to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
- 52. the physical and human characteristics of a location
- 54. teachings that Moses received from God; later became the first part of the Hebrew Bible
- 56. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
- 57. a strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling migration of plants, animals, and people
- 58. a member of a group that has no permanent home and wanders in search of food and water
- 59. the division of power among different branches of government
Down
- 1. any change that has an enormous effect on peoples' way of life
- 3. early system of writing in which wedge-shaped characters were made with a sharp reed on wet clay
- 4. overall weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- 6. the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
- 7. parallel to the equator; measures north and south
- 8. a government controlled by religious leaders
- 10. prepared according to Jewish dietary law
- 11. Jewish house of worship
- 12. the earliest period of the Stone Age
- 13. a government ruled by a king or queen
- 14. a rule that God wanted the Israelites to follow
- 18. belief in only one god
- 19. the period after the Paleolithic Age marked by a shift from hunting-and-gathering to agriculture
- 20. the study of the earth's physical and cultural features
- 22. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the first civilizations developed
- 28. the official leader of a Jewish congregation
- 29. a fan-shaped area of fertile silt near where a river flows into the sea
- 30. an agreement with God
- 33. a reed plant growing wild along the Nile River that was used to make paper
- 34. a person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
- 37. a forced absence from one's home or country
- 40. beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
- 42. a government representative to another country
- 44. a worker skilled in a craft
- 46. a complex, highly organized social order
- 47. circles the Earth from Pole to Pole; measures east and west
- 48. groups of merchants or citizens traveling together for safety over long distances
- 50. the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
- 51. people that conquered Egypt in 633 B.C. and ruled for about 60 years
- 53. a sacred song or poem used in worship
- 55. holy places decorated with images of Gods and Goddesses