Ancient Civilizations Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fertile crescent : the “land between the rivers;” lush farmland surrounding the area of mesopotamia
• polytheism : belief in two or more gods
• cultural diffusion : spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another
• pharaoh : a king of ancient egypt, considered a god
• dynasty : series of rulers under one family
• theocracy : a government controlled by religious authorities
• empire : brings together several independent peoples, nations, or states
• cuneiform : system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols invented by sumerians
• city state : city and surrounding area functioning as a country does today
• hieroglyphics : ancient egyptian writing systems using pictures to represent ideas and sounds