Crossword 09/24/19, Holt World History Grade 6
Name _____________________ Date __________
Instructions: Complete the puzzle. Use the clues to help you fill the boxes with the correct words.
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1. long poems that tell the stories of heroes
2. a person who performs religious ceremonies
4. a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
8. a way of supplying water to an area of land
9. more of something than is needed
11. a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
12. a countryside area
14. a picture symbol
15. the world's first system of writing; developed in Sumer
16. the worship of many gods
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1. land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
3. the division of society by rank or class
5. the science of building
6. a city area
7. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
9. a writer
10. a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
13. a set of letters that can be combined to from words
15. a human-made waterway
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