Across 2. Religious meeting/celebration to honor God/Gods.

5. Innermost essence that can be felt.

6. Special celebrations of important events - birth

marriage, etc.

8. Belief in many Gods.

10. Another word for spirit.

11. Giving thanks, asking for help, also called

meditation

12. Latin word that means obligation or duty.

13. Belief in one God.

14. Places that have spiritual quality and are visited

by people.

Down

1. People who do not believe in the existence of a

supreme power.

3. A person who says that it is impossible to know if

God exists.

4. Religious writings also called sacred writings.

5. It is the power often called God.

7. To be saved from wrongdoing.

9. Religious people who live a strict religious life

separate from others.

15. Religious leader.

2

Across

Worship

Spirit

Ceremonies

Polytheism

Soul

Prayer

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Monotheism

Sacred place

Down

Atheists

Agnostic

Scriptures

Supreme power

Salvation

Monks

Priest

Explanation:

the first phase of the government’s plan for settlement was building the transcontinental railroad. the railroad provided a way to bring settlers and manufactured goods west and ship their agricultural and mining produce east. the transcontinental railroad was an essential artery for rapid development of the frontier.

the second phase of the government’s plan was a liberal land distribution policy that made it possible for many people to homestead. with these two key elements—transportation and cheap land—the government rapidly achieved its goal of persuading people to move west, settle on farms, and push back the frontier.