Across 3. to induce someone to convert to one's faith 4. the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. 7. Identity with a group of people descended from a biological ancestor 8. A small geographic area that could not successfully be organized into one or more stable states because it was inhabited by many ethnicities with complex, long-standing antagonisms toward each other 9. Belief in only one god 10. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

Down 1. A large and fundamental division within a religion 2. A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. 5. Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. 6. A follower of a polytheistic religion