farming Crossword Puzzles
Georgia's Geo Crossword 2023-04-14
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- a resource that we only have a limited amount of so that when it runs out there is none left
- a resource that is constantly being replenished fast enough so that it will be available to humans for as long as we need it
- this low leveled land is the best for farming
- the living things that help plants and crops grow
- needles that stay on all year long
- things in the total stock that people find useful
- a large area of farmland that requires minimal labor
- removing every tree from a given area
- Taking only mature tress when harvesting
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- Resources that replenish so frequently we can't run out of them
- season and moisture are the two ... that contribute to successful farming
- when something is given to another person when it is no longer of use for the first person.
- a small area of farmland that requires lots of labor
- a law that says the number of fish caught cannot go over the number recreated
- when a product has stopped being used or produced
- the movement of water in the atmosphere for the soil and plants
- anything that can be used to produce goods and services
- Reseeding a small area after clear cutting a small area of a forest
- broad leaves that change color and fall off with the seasons
- all parts of the natural area including energy living organisams and non-living materials
- made out of decaying matireal
- something that needs precipitation, evaporation and the movement of water to work
- when an item is destroyed and turned into something else
23 Clues: made out of decaying matireal • needles that stay on all year long • removing every tree from a given area • Taking only mature tress when harvesting • this low leveled land is the best for farming • when a product has stopped being used or produced • the living things that help plants and crops grow • things in the total stock that people find useful • ...
Chapter 10: Agriculture 2022-02-28
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- commercial gardening and fruit farming
- a flooded field for growing rice
- commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry
- the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
- farming methods that preserve
- an area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain
- the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
- the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
- the time when humans beginnings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
- degradation of land, primarily because of human actions
- harvesting twice a year from the same field
- a system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation
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- a form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land
- the production of food primarily for sale off the farm; found in developed countries
- a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for a relatively few years and then left fallow for a long period
- the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family; found in developing countries
- rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology
- a large farm in a tropical or subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
- the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
- a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
- a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
- term productivity
22 Clues: term productivity • farming methods that preserve • a flooded field for growing rice • commercial gardening and fruit farming • harvesting twice a year from the same field • rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology • the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers • the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied • ...
Reformer Project- Adv. US 1 2025-02-24
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- A Quaker woman who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.
- A road-building project that improved transportation in Pennsylvania.
- A device invented by Cyrus McCormick to improve farming efficiency.
- A farming tool improved by John Deere to break through tough soil.
- A major transportation route also known as the Cumberland Road.
- The women's rights activist who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
- The man who escaped slavery and founded *The North Star* newspaper.
- An abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison.
- The process of mass-producing goods using machines.
- A social ideal that defined women’s roles as homemakers and moral guardians.
- The event that called for women's rights, held in 1848.
- The first successful textile mill in America, started by this Englishman.
- A labor-related court case that legalized unions.
- The inventor of the cotton gin.
- The idea of workers focusing on specific tasks to increase productivity.
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- The sisters who were abolitionists and advocates for women's rights.
- The economic shift toward producing goods for sale rather than self-sufficiency.
- The leader of the radical abolitionist newspaper *The Liberator*.
- A movement that sought to send freed African Americans to Africa.
- The abolitionist and women’s rights activist known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
- The movement that encouraged moderation or abstinence from alcohol.
- The belief in self-reliance, nature, and individual intuition.
- The man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
- A movement that encouraged people to live in perfect, self-sufficient communities.
- The reformer who advocated for public education.
- The reformer who fought for better treatment of the mentally ill.
26 Clues: The inventor of the cotton gin. • The reformer who advocated for public education. • A labor-related court case that legalized unions. • The process of mass-producing goods using machines. • The man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. • The event that called for women's rights, held in 1848. • An abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison. • ...
APES U5 Vocab 2024-10-10
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- Fish farming
- Mining for stones and metals in river sediments
- Removing all of the (marketable) trees from an area of forest.
- Removing all mature trees in a few cuttings over a period of ten years.
- Type of animal farm that has the largest carbon footprint
- Only using the resources available and replenishable, no more.
- Tragedy of the Commons assumes everyone in a community will act in their own self _________
- Surfaces that don’t allow water to be absorbed, like roads and sidewalks.
- Build-up of pesticides in an animal
- Slash & burn technique will only work for about ____ years.
- Scientists modify the DNA of these organisms to increase their profits.
- Any non-target species caught by fisherman.
- Most efficient and expensive type of irrigation
- Crops that grow for years and years develop deep root systems that hold onto soil.
- The idea that, as urban areas fill up, more people leave and expand outside the city.
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- Chemicals that prevent the crops from being consumed by insects and pests.
- Irrigation method with trenches filled with water
- Removal of some or small portions of trees
- Large quantities of animals kept in small spaces to maximize profits
- Revolution where technology helped to increase crop production by the use of fertilizers.
- Makes farming in AZ possible
- Overuse of pesticides can lead to _____________.
- The sustainable _______ is the amount of a resource that can be removed that does not exceed the growth of the resource.
- Any waste or leftover material from mining.
- Large plantings of a single crop
- A large underground body of water
26 Clues: Fish farming • Makes farming in AZ possible • Large plantings of a single crop • A large underground body of water • Build-up of pesticides in an animal • Removal of some or small portions of trees • Any waste or leftover material from mining. • Any non-target species caught by fisherman. • Mining for stones and metals in river sediments • ...
Ghana & Mali Vocabulary 2024-10-28
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- Routes across the Sahara used to trade gold, salt, and other goods between West Africa and North Africa.
- Flat, grassy land with scattered trees, ideal for farming and herding.
- Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca, an important event in Mali's history.
- A valuable mineral traded for gold; it was necessary for survival and preserving food.
- The passing down of stories, history, and knowledge by word of mouth.
- Important for farming in the Mali Empire.
- A Muslim group that attacked the Ghana Empire, leading to its decline.
- A major city of the Mali Empire known for trade and education.
- Specific to Mali, refers to the kings or emperors like Mansa Musa.
- A group of older, respected leaders who helped make decisions in the empire.
- The belief that natural objects, like plants and animals, have spirits.
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- A famous Ghanaian king who ruled during the empire's peak.
- A practice of honoring and respecting one's ancestors, believing they influence the living.
- The transition zone between the Sahara Desert and the savanna, known for its semi-arid climate.
- A precious metal mined in West Africa, which made the Ghana Empire wealthy.
- Kings of the Ghana Empire who controlled trade and wealth.
- A significant achievement of the Mali Empire in education and Islamic architecture.
- Storytellers who preserved history and culture through oral tradition.
- Payments made by neighboring regions to the Ghana Empire in exchange for protection or trade privileges.
- A religion that spread through trade and was adopted by many in the Ghana Empire.
- A natural resource used to make weapons and tools that helped the Ghana Empire grow powerful.
- Groups of camels used by traders to transport goods across the Sahara Desert.
- Related to Mansa Musa’s hajj and its economic impact.
23 Clues: Important for farming in the Mali Empire. • Related to Mansa Musa’s hajj and its economic impact. • A famous Ghanaian king who ruled during the empire's peak. • Kings of the Ghana Empire who controlled trade and wealth. • A major city of the Mali Empire known for trade and education. • Specific to Mali, refers to the kings or emperors like Mansa Musa. • ...
Natives of North America 2024-11-02
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- A strip of land connecting Asia and North America during the Ice Age, enabling migration.
- Early people who migrated from Asia to the Americas during the Ice Age using a land bridge.
- A lifestyle of moving from place to place rather than settling permanently, typical of some Great Plains cultures.
- Native Americans of the Southwest who relied on irrigation for farming maize, beans, and squash.
- The movement of people or animals from one region to another.
- A ceremonial feast among Pacific Northwest Native Americans where chiefs gave away belongings to gain social status.
- People who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
- Aboveground houses made of adobe clay, built by the Anasazi.
- The climate and landscape surrounding living organisms, which influenced the development of Native American societies.
- A Mississippian city near present-day St. Louis, home to around 30,000 people.
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- A mound-building culture with major cities, the largest being Cahokia.
- An alliance of Iroquois tribes that became a powerful political and military force.
- Native group who followed buffalo herds for sustenance.
- The area where present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet, home to the Anasazi.
- One of the earliest farming cultures in North America, known for their pueblos and kivas.
- A society where ancestry is traced through the mother, such as the Pawnee in the Great Plains.
- A symbol, often representing ancestors or spirits, used in the Pacific Northwest Native cultures.
- An early civilization in North America that built large burial mounds along the Mississippi River.
- Nomadic tribe in the Southwest that survived by hunting, foraging, and raiding Pueblo villages.
- Underground ceremonial chambers used for religious purposes by the Anasazi.
20 Clues: Native group who followed buffalo herds for sustenance. • Aboveground houses made of adobe clay, built by the Anasazi. • The movement of people or animals from one region to another. • People who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants. • A mound-building culture with major cities, the largest being Cahokia. • ...
Economy, Trade and Empire 2021-06-03
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- What were the name of the workers who would work on the land for a period of time in return for free passage to the New World?
- Who brought new farming techniques and textile trades over to England?
- What is the name of the alternative work many small farmers had to partake in?
- How big was British agricultural farming production in Europe by 1640?
- The name of the company which was founded in 1600 and had annual profits exceeding £600,000?
- What is the name of the system where a merchant would hire a family or individual to make something?
- What is the system used for people to borrow money?
- What did tobacco become the first of?
- Which imports had increased 15-fold between 1485 and 1714?
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- What's the name of large scale brokers who deal with lots of money?
- Which trade made up 92% of exports in 1640?
- Who did people not trust as a financial system?
- What market did London become the lead in the whole world?
- The economic policy of making money through competition and empire building
- What was Virginia best at producing?
- What is the name of the trade which involved importing slaves from the Royal African Company?
- Which city was the largest in Europe by 1650?
- What percentage of land by 1700 was part of estates with over 100 acres of land?
- What is the name of the technique which blocks off land for the sole use of a farmer or landowner?
- Which group of people were common to have their ships insured by English brokers?
- What type of insurance did many think wasn't worth it?
- What is the name of a trusted type of banker who had large vaults?
22 Clues: What was Virginia best at producing? • What did tobacco become the first of? • Which trade made up 92% of exports in 1640? • Which city was the largest in Europe by 1650? • Who did people not trust as a financial system? • What is the system used for people to borrow money? • What type of insurance did many think wasn't worth it? • ...
Founding Myths Review 2022-09-20
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- Egyptian God of death and resurrection
- Legendary first emperor of Japan
- Egyptian serpent god that embodied chaos and fought with Ra each night
- Egyptian goddess of the sky and stars, she is separated from her brother/husband Geb by her father
- ancient tombs that may have been “resurrection machines” for the pharaohs; not built by aliens
- Roman hero who became dictator during a crisis and famously set aside power and returned to farming when the crisis was done
- Japan has the longest unbroken line of these, the rulers and heads of state for Japan
- An important idea in Egyptian religion, this is the idea that people can come back to life after their deahts
- Shinto goddess of the sun who gives birth to the Japanese imperial line
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- Latin phrase meaning “way of the ancestors,” the time-honored principles that Romans believed their founding fathers established
- Son of Osiris and Isis, god of kingship, enemy of Set
- Spirits and gods in the Shinto religion
- Shinto god who created the first land by churning the sea with a spear decorated with jewels
- Most important goddess in Egypt, helped raise her husband from the dead
- Founder and first king of Rome
- Called “Cincinnatus of the West,” he was an American hero who could have become king but set his power aside and returned to farming
- Initials of a Latin phrase that summarizes the important aspects of ancient Roman society
- Group of nine Gods worshipped in Egypt
- Brother of Nut, the siblings are held apart by their father Shu
- Egyptian God who tried to take over the throne, brother of Osiris
20 Clues: Founder and first king of Rome • Legendary first emperor of Japan • Egyptian God of death and resurrection • Group of nine Gods worshipped in Egypt • Spirits and gods in the Shinto religion • Son of Osiris and Isis, god of kingship, enemy of Set • Brother of Nut, the siblings are held apart by their father Shu • ...
Chapter 4 Mid Point 2025-11-18
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- – Major export in trade routes
- – Another major New England industry.
- – Common trade learned by apprentices.
- – New England valued this highly; led to widespread literacy.
- – Promised taken by apprentices
- – Crop grown for profit (like tobacco, rice, indigo).
- – Country that ruled the colonies.
- – Dye-producing plant grown in the South
- – Type of farming where families grow only enough to survive.
- – Main source of income in Southern and Middle Colonies.
- – King-appointed leader in many colonies.
- – Major influence on education and laws in New England.
- – Trade route connecting the colonies, Africa, and the Caribbean.
- – A settlement ruled by a distant country.
- – Elected colonial lawmaking body.
- – A young person learning a trade from a skilled worker.
- – Resource used for homes, ships, and trade.
- – The highest social class in the colonies; wealthy landowners.
- – Great Awakening preacher.
- – Illegal trade used by colonists to avoid English laws.
- – Major New England industry due to forests and coastline.
- – Region known as the “Breadbasket Colonies.”
- – Key New England product
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- – Movement stressing reason and science.
- – Religious group that dominated life in the New England Colonies.
- – Used in colonial printing presses
- – Large farm in the Southern Colonies that used enslaved labor.
- – Region with plantations, warm climate, and fertile soil.
- – Peaceful religious group founded Pennsylvania.
- – Southern cash crop
- – Freedoms colonists believed they had as English citizens.
- – Rules colonists lived under
- – English laws controlling colonial trade.
- – Type of servant who works 4–7 years to repay passage.
- – How a region makes money; shaped by geography.
- – People who lived in the 13 colonies.
- – Middle Colonies were known for many cultures and religions.
37 Clues: – Southern cash crop • – Key New England product • – Great Awakening preacher. • – Rules colonists lived under • – Major export in trade routes • – Promised taken by apprentices • – Country that ruled the colonies. • – Elected colonial lawmaking body. • – Used in colonial printing presses • – Another major New England industry. • – Common trade learned by apprentices. • ...
Grapes of Wrath 2026-01-15
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- A building and business that holds money as well as controls the economy for a country.
- A market composed of shares that can be owned by someone. Big controller in economy and money.
- The act of planting crops and harvesting them for food and supplies.
- A western state in the US. Primarily known for Hollywood and its fortune.
- The act of moving from one place to another.
- A series of severe dust storms that took out farms in the great plains and made lots of people move.
- Drinkable alcohol, typically favored by hard workers.
- Supporter of Tom Joad and his family, was left behind by his family to defend his farm.
- Main character in Grapes of Wrath, ex-convict.
- An event that lasted for nearly a decade that had severe poverty and economical failure throughout the world.
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- A state in the US. Primarily known for farming and Indian territory.
- The act of removing someone from their own house, and taking ownership.
- A crop mainly harvested for cash and used in clothing and other apparels.
- Secondary character in Grapes of Wrath, was a priest.
- The state of living in a poor time. Money is scarce and home is hard to find.
- A vehicle used by farmers to harvest crops in mass.
- The state of not having a place to live. People in this state don't usually have any money.
- A farmer from Oklahoma that lost their farm and moved out west in search of work.
- Sediment from rock and dirt that builds up and clouds the skies.
- Costs imposed upon civilians to collect money for public services and projects.
20 Clues: The act of moving from one place to another. • Main character in Grapes of Wrath, ex-convict. • A vehicle used by farmers to harvest crops in mass. • Secondary character in Grapes of Wrath, was a priest. • Drinkable alcohol, typically favored by hard workers. • Sediment from rock and dirt that builds up and clouds the skies. • ...
Greek Review challenge 2026-01-22
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- important focus of Athenian life
- strong stone defenses around Mycenaean cities
- value emphasized in Spartan society
- land where Alexander became pharaoh
- place where Spartan boys lived and trained
- land with water on three sides where much of Greece is located
- frequent activity of Mycenaean society
- period when Greek culture spread widely
- exchange of goods that became important in Greece
- Persian king defeated by Alexander
- Greek spread across the empire
- landform that limited farming and separated communities
- Greek king who built a huge empire
- adult males in Athens with political rights
- city attacked using the wooden horse story
- natural disaster linked to the decline of the Minoans
- main military focus of Sparta
- island where the Minoan civilization developed
- difficult activity because of poor soil and terrain
- title used by rulers of Egypt
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- farthest area reached by Alexander’s army
- writing system used by the Minoans that cannot be read today
- father of Alexander and king of Macedon
- warrior civilization on mainland Greece
- period of decline after Mycenaean collapse
- large buildings built by the Minoans
- small independent community with its own government
- job supported by the surrounding seas
- region north of Greece
- large area ruled by one leader
- early sea trading civilization on Crete
- powerful empire defeated by Alexander
- strong sea force used by Athens
- small land areas that encouraged sea travel and independence
- sea that surrounded Greece and supported trade and travel
- popular form of art and entertainment in Athens
- early Greek writing system used by the Mycenaeans
37 Clues: region north of Greece • main military focus of Sparta • title used by rulers of Egypt • large area ruled by one leader • Greek spread across the empire • strong sea force used by Athens • important focus of Athenian life • Persian king defeated by Alexander • Greek king who built a huge empire • value emphasized in Spartan society • land where Alexander became pharaoh • ...
Middle Ages (Mon) 2025-12-15
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- Rural areas where most people lived.
- Objects used for farming and daily work.
- Society Society divided into social groups.
- Buying and selling goods between places.
- Payments peasants made, often in crops or products.
- Promise of loyalty made to a lord or king.
- Groups that paid taxes and had fewer rights.
- Rules that organized society and were controlled by rulers.
- Related to the countryside.
- Privileged group that owned land and held political power.
- Safety provided by nobles to peasants.
- Basic economic unit of feudalism.
- Movement between places, often dangerous in the Middle Ages.
- Urban centers that were small during feudalism.
- Attack by foreign peoples on European territories.
- Military force controlled by the king.
- An economy based mainly on agriculture and farming.
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- Crops collected by peasants.
- Monarchy – System where kings shared power with nobles and clergy.
- Ruler of a kingdom who claimed to govern in the name of God.
- People who worked the land and formed most of the population.
- Divisions of society based on birth.
- Historical period in Europe between Ancient and Modern times.
- Main source of wealth and power in feudal society.
- Groups that did not pay taxes and had special rights.
- Social position was decided in feudal society by one's ______.
- Europe The part of Europe where feudalism developed.
- Powerful nobles with large lands and independence.
- Main product of the feudal economy.
- Producing almost everything needed without trade.
- A political, economic, and social system in Western Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries.
- Important members of the Church with great power.
- Religious institution with strong influence over medieval society.
33 Clues: Related to the countryside. • Crops collected by peasants. • Basic economic unit of feudalism. • Main product of the feudal economy. • Rural areas where most people lived. • Divisions of society based on birth. • Safety provided by nobles to peasants. • Military force controlled by the king. • Objects used for farming and daily work. • ...
Exploration & Colonization Module 2 Vocabulary 2025-09-17
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- military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency; usually in a small village or town
- source a source created by a person who was not present when an event occurred
- To trade goods or services for other goods or services without using money.
- prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group
- farming growing crops to only meet the needs of the farmer and his family.
- source a source created by a person who was present when an event occurred
- Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place
- resistance to a particular infection or toxin
- diffusion the process by which ideas, traits, and cultural patterns spread from one society or group to another, often through migration, trade, or communication
- World North America and South America
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- World Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- sisters a traditional intercropping method practiced by Indigenous Peoples where corn, beans, and squash are planted together to create a self-sufficient garden system; taught to the colonists
- a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves
- Exchange the exchange of agricultural products, germs, religious beliefs, etc. between Native Americans and Europeans during early contact
- The first inhabitants of a region.
- factors negative factors that cause a person to leave his or her native country
- small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century
- Farming
- factors positive factors that cause a person to come to a new country
- the customs, religion, food, music, etc. of a certain group of people; their way of life
20 Clues: Farming • The first inhabitants of a region. • World Europe, Asia, and Africa. • World North America and South America • resistance to a particular infection or toxin • prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group • a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves • Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place • ...
Farming Tools 2021-01-19
4 Clues: helps in digging fields. • helps in cutting crops in fields. • used to cut off the branches and small trees. • helps in beating grains and crops and is a threshing tools.
Crossword Of The Week 2017-04-21
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- A person or machine that separates grain from the plants by beating.
- and demand The amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
- A point where two or more railroads are joined.
- farming A method of farming in semiarid areas without the aid of irrigation, using drought-resistant crops and conserving moisture.
- A building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour.
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- The best state in the USA!
- A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.
- A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
- derricks A framework or tower over a deep drill hole (as of an oil well) for supporting boring tackle or for hoisting and lowering.
9 Clues: The best state in the USA! • A point where two or more railroads are joined. • A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity. • A person or machine that separates grain from the plants by beating. • A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run. • ...
Environmental issues 2019-03-28
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- if populationgrowth occurs in an area that depends on farming what might be a direct result
- people in Southern Africa would most be affected by the spread of the
- the use of one natural resource is often as high or higher in poor, arid as it is in rich nations what is that resource
- the people of Mozambiqueand Zimbabwe would be most likely to be affected by a change in flow in what river
- what tends to occur for ranchers because of a scarcity of farming land
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- People in Sub-Saharan Africa are least likely to live in this area
- what would be the most likely affect of deforestation in Central Africa
- The long term result of drought and desertification in Sub-Saharan
- what term would be the best to describe the process of putting trees back into an environment
9 Clues: People in Sub-Saharan Africa are least likely to live in this area • The long term result of drought and desertification in Sub-Saharan • people in Southern Africa would most be affected by the spread of the • what tends to occur for ranchers because of a scarcity of farming land • what would be the most likely affect of deforestation in Central Africa • ...
Dragon's Blood Tree 2023-11-27
9 Clues: color of the sap • how many varieties • tree's scientific name • has an appearance of a(n) • climate the tree lives in • endangered because of...... • national tree of what country • type of climate it needs to grow in • The island that the tree is native to
HSIE crossword 2024-05-30
9 Clues: ice man • a tomb for kings • a preserved body • ancient Egypt's paper • the bottom part of Egypt • a royal person in ancient Egypt • the process of preserving a body • a dark colored rock Egyptians wrote on • the river Egyptians used for farming, trade and bathing
Demeter's crossword 2024-04-24
9 Clues: Daughter of Demeter? • King of the underworld? • What did Persephone eat? • What did Iris offer Demeter • Where was Persephone trapped? • What was Demeter the goddess of? • Who told Demeter about her daughter? • Who allowed Hades to kidnap Persephone? • What did Demeter fall into after losing Persephone?
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- a group of 27 European countries united
- The currency of the European Union
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- A voluntary association of independent states
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
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- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- The constitution of Germany
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the United Kingdom • The currency of the European Union • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The constitution of Germany
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- A voluntary association of independent states
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- The currency of the European Union
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
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- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- a group of 27 European countries united
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- The constitution of Germany
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- The currency of the European Union
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
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- A voluntary association of independent states
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- a group of 27 European countries united
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • A voluntary association of independent states • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- The constitution of Germany
- A voluntary association of independent states
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
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- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The currency of the European Union
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- a group of 27 European countries united
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The currency of the European Union
- A voluntary association of independent states
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
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- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- a group of 27 European countries united
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- The constitution of Germany
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
AP Human Geography - Agriculture 2015-03-17
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- Planting crops for food.
- Cash crops are grown on large estates is called this.
- Specialized farming occurs in this region due to the warm dry summers (ex. olives).
- Adopted along the Eastern seaboard, in which natural features are used to demarcate irregular parcels of land.
- organization of land into parcels.
- Areas with similar climate conditions.
- Region of the world where subsistence agriculture is practiced.
- Tea, cacao, coffee and tobacco are this.
- Moved agriculture beyond subsistence to generate surpluses needed to feed thousands of people.
- Genetically Modified Organisms.
- Farming just enough to support one's needs.
- Created experiments to raise seed crops.
- Described land use patterns related to agriculture.
- Part of the service industry, connecting producers to consumers and facilitating commerce/trade.
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- Divided land into narrow parcels, common in French America.
- Explains the location of 5 of the world's agricultural production areas.
- Hunting and gathering.
- Describes great technological advances in agriculture, including GMOs.
- The Fertile Crescent was the location of this early agricultural period.
- Yields a small output per acre and occurs over large tracts of land.
- Practice of passing land to the eldest son.
- Designed to facilitate the movement of non-Indians evenly across farmlands of the US, imposed a rigid, grid like system.
- Taking a primary product and manufacturing it.
- Also called the green revolution.
- Employs a large number of people and little capital.
- A shifting cultivation process that uses fire.
- The prevailing survey system throughout much of the US that appears as a checkerboard across agricultural fields.
- This type of agriculture has increased in the US.
28 Clues: Hunting and gathering. • Planting crops for food. • Genetically Modified Organisms. • Also called the green revolution. • organization of land into parcels. • Areas with similar climate conditions. • Tea, cacao, coffee and tobacco are this. • Created experiments to raise seed crops. • Practice of passing land to the eldest son. • Farming just enough to support one's needs. • ...
Founding Myths Review 2022-02-16
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- The Lady of Irontown who invited social outcasts such as prostitutes and lepers into her city
- Shinto god who created the first land by churning the sea with a spear decorated with jewels
- Egyptian God who tried to take over the throne, brother of Osiris
- Son of Osiris and Isis, god of kingship, enemy of Set
- Spirits and gods in the Shinto religion
- Group of nine Gods worshipped in Egypt
- The gentle forest spirit turns into this terrible creature after sunset; Ashitaka and San have to try to return its head at the end of the film
- Latin phrase meaning “way of the ancestors,” the time-honored principles that Romans believed their founding fathers established
- Shinto goddess of the sun who gives birth to the Japanese imperial line
- ancient tombs that may have been “resurrection machines” for the pharaohs; not built by aliens
- Initials of a Latin phrase that summarizes the important aspects of ancient Roman society
- Founder and first king of Rome
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- Brother of Nut, the siblings are held apart by their father Shu
- Hero of “Princess Mononoke,” his arm was cursed when it was touched by the power of a demonic boar
- Most important goddess in Egypt, helped raise her husband from the dead
- Called “Cincinnatus of the West,” he was an American hero who could have become king but set his power aside and returned to farming
- Roman hero who became dictator during a crisis and famously set aside power and returned to farming when the crisis was done
- Egyptian God of death and resurrection
- A female human who considers herself the daughter of the wolf god
- Japan has the longest unbroken line of these, the rulers and heads of state for Japan
20 Clues: Founder and first king of Rome • Egyptian God of death and resurrection • Group of nine Gods worshipped in Egypt • Spirits and gods in the Shinto religion • Son of Osiris and Isis, god of kingship, enemy of Set • Brother of Nut, the siblings are held apart by their father Shu • Egyptian God who tried to take over the throne, brother of Osiris • ...
Great Depression and New Deal 2023-11-07
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- - New Deals Most popular program
- - What administration from the new deal helped build infrastructure
- - What was the impact of court packing that it threatened
- - problems for farmers after WW I
- - In the early 1930s The Federal Reserve made the depression worse by doing what to the money supply
- - October 29, 1929
- - The postal Service and highways are created in
- - Program that provided Retirement and unemployment benefits
- - Caused by the stock market Crash because of bad regulation and speculation and high tariffs, characterized by unemployment, farming issues, bank failures, and ultimately threatened peoples faith in democracy
- - Soup kitchens and bread lines were needed because of
- - In the early 1930s trade was reduced and _____ was higher than ever
- - How did Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
- - What did Keynes advise the government to do
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- - What impact did the New Deal have on Government power
- - What effect did the Wagner Act and pro labor laws have
- - This event caused farmers from the Great Plains to migrate to California, was caused by harsh farming and tree removal and loose soil
- - Because some New Deal Programs interfered with interstate commerce and increase federal government power they were
- - New Deal Programs were similar to ___ agenda
- - Did New Deal Programs discriminate based on race
- - The main impact of the CCC was to create
- - New deals most complex programs
- - How did Roosevelt respond to the Great Depression
- - What New Deal Program protected bank deposits
- - What was Roosevelt increasing the number of Supreme Court justices called
- - What impact did the FDIC and the Securities and Exchange commission have on banks
- - After the Great depression the government played a ______ role in the economy
- - What new deal program set codes for wages and production
- - Which group benefited least from the new deal?
- - New deals most radical Program
29 Clues: - October 29, 1929 • - New Deals Most popular program • - New deals most radical Program • - problems for farmers after WW I • - New deals most complex programs • - The main impact of the CCC was to create • - What did Keynes advise the government to do • - New Deal Programs were similar to ___ agenda • - What New Deal Program protected bank deposits • ...
Unit 4 Vocab 2024-02-15
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- Began in the mid-1960s with the development of new strains of wheat and rice, the two main foods of the world
- Crop grown for the purpose of sale
- Society in which the production of food and other products is performed by machines, demanding large amounts of energy and resources
- Society in which crops are grown and people have specialized roles
- Science of the changing vital statistics in a human population
- States that Earth functions like a single, living organism that regulates itself to maintain life
- Society in which people gather natural food, hunt, and are nomadic
- A.K.A. regenerative farming, based on crop rotation, reduced soil erosion, integrated pest management, and a minimal use of soil additives
- Resource that cannot regenerate quickly
- Resource that regenerates quickly
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- Founded on the assumption that human society is separate from nature
- Shift from harvesting wild food sources to producing food through the techniques of farming and herding
- Commercial production of fish in a controlled, maintained environment
- Large compound made of amino acids that provides the body with the construction materials for making blood, muscle, and other tissues
- Eight amino acids that must be obtained from foods
- Compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in approximately a 1:2:1 ratio
- Contains three long chains of fatty acids attached to a molecule of glycerol
- Ethic that meets current global human needs without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- Lack of a specific type of nutrient in the diet
- Identified bacteria and other microorganisms as the agents responsible for many diseases
20 Clues: Resource that regenerates quickly • Crop grown for the purpose of sale • Resource that cannot regenerate quickly • Lack of a specific type of nutrient in the diet • Eight amino acids that must be obtained from foods • Science of the changing vital statistics in a human population • Society in which crops are grown and people have specialized roles • ...
jones is slept rock by Jacob 2024-01-30
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- part of the wild bunch group bestfriend is elzy lay
- famous train robber
- One of the most well known cold blooded killers hired by a lot of cattle men to watch there cows
- people who steal cows
- acquaintance of wild bill also a sharp shooter
- people could feed their cows here for free
- african american rodeo clown
- one of the most dangerous gun slingers by the time of his 21st birthday he killed 27 people
- taking away the reservations and giving the Indians little bits of land.
- Legendary gunslinger Add deadmans hand
- shot lots of buffalo
- Lawman to a outlaw fought at the ok corral
- a type of thing that natives got once a year or monthly
- new type of mining to wash away dirt a rocks quick
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- her son ed reed killed her
- government gave citizens 50 acres of land
- battle that attacked the cheyenne indians in colorado
- giant nose his skin was used to make shoes after he died
- Ended the open range by keeping the cows in one area
- to absorb in another culture or government's policy to force natives out of their culture
- famous train robber and cow man stole 60,000 dollars worth of new gold
- type of schooling for native americans to learn the farming/ ranching life
- Female sharp shooter was in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A person who follows there food around
- wyatt earps friend who wanted to be a dentist
- A Native American general who died south of chinook.
- young kid who has 21 confirmed kills
- A new type of farming where you put the seed deep in the ground
28 Clues: famous train robber • shot lots of buffalo • people who steal cows • her son ed reed killed her • african american rodeo clown • young kid who has 21 confirmed kills • A person who follows there food around • Legendary gunslinger Add deadmans hand • government gave citizens 50 acres of land • people could feed their cows here for free • ...
Western Frontier Crossword 2018-11-29
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- / Spanish for a cowboy; a cattle driver
- Act / Allowed the federal government to divide reservations into small plots of land for individual natives.
- Farming / A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
- Railroad / Rail line that connected the Eastern United States to the Western United States
- / an artistic and intellectual movement characterized by a heightened interest in nature. It emphasized individual expression of emotion and imagination.
- Appropriations Act / This law ended treaty making between tribes and the government
- / To acquire a piece of U.S. Public Land by living on and cultivating
- Domain / Land owned by the government
- / A man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US and as represented in westerns and novels.
- / A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
- Novels / exaggerated accounts of real incidents and serious works of fiction added to the myth of western life
- / Denoting lines of poetry with a specified number of feet or measures.
- / A name given to the Plains farmer
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- / a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.
- / Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- Railway Act / Authorized land grants and loans that allowed for the Transcontinental Railroad
- / A ballad in a traditional Mexican style, typically having lyrics that narrate a historical event.
- / The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation.
- Savage / a portrayal of the Native American as embodying the virtues of wilderness life untouched by civilization.
- Destiny / the nineteenth-century doctrine that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
20 Clues: / A name given to the Plains farmer • Domain / Land owned by the government • / Spanish for a cowboy; a cattle driver • / A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas • / a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid. • / To acquire a piece of U.S. Public Land by living on and cultivating • ...
Western Frontier Crossword 2018-11-29
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- / A name given to the Plains farmer
- Farming / A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
- Destiny / the nineteenth-century doctrine that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
- Railway Act / Authorized land grants and loans that allowed for the Transcontinental Railroad
- / Spanish for a cowboy; a cattle driver
- Act / Allowed the federal government to divide reservations into small plots of land for individual natives.
- Railroad / Rail line that connected the Eastern United States to the Western United States
- / a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.
- Domain / Land owned by the government
- / A man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US and as represented in westerns and novels.
- / Denoting lines of poetry with a specified number of feet or measures.
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- Savage / a portrayal of the Native American as embodying the virtues of wilderness life untouched by civilization.
- / The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation.
- / Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- / A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
- / To acquire a piece of U.S. Public Land by living on and cultivating
- Novels / exaggerated accounts of real incidents and serious works of fiction added to the myth of western life
- Appropriations Act / This law ended treaty making between tribes and the government
- / an artistic and intellectual movement characterized by a heightened interest in nature. It emphasized individual expression of emotion and imagination.
- / A ballad in a traditional Mexican style, typically having lyrics that narrate a historical event.
20 Clues: / A name given to the Plains farmer • Domain / Land owned by the government • / Spanish for a cowboy; a cattle driver • / A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas • / a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid. • / To acquire a piece of U.S. Public Land by living on and cultivating • ...
Unit 2 Terms 2024-09-24
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- Old stone age. Hominids develop use of basic stone tools and artifacts.
- Stood upright and walked on two legs. Brain is 1/3 of modern humans. Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago.
- Name means handy man. Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago.
- Neolithic settlement in turkey.
- Time before written records.
- Process of separating a work process into multiple tasks performed by a different person or group.
- Skilled craft workers who produced goods by hand.
- Start moving around from place to place. Beginning of agriculture. About 10,000 years ago.
- Used for barriers and spiritual purposes. Designed to have the sun shine in a certain way.
- The study of prehistory through the finding of artifacts and physical remains.
- For getting food, hunting gathering plants or berries.
- The spread of cultural trends across locations.
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- Land bridge connecting Asia and North America.
- Division of a society based on social and economic status.
- Name means wise man. Migrated around the world. Same species as modern humans. Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago.
- The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution.
- Human like creatures that walked upright. Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago.
- People moved from place to place for things like food sources and do not settle in one location.
- New stone age. People start farming. 10,000-5,000 B.C.E
- Discovered in 1991. From over 5000 years ago.
- Farming led to domestication of plants. Purposefully making new plants and adapting animals to be used by humans.
- Name means upright man. Migrated out of Africa. Appeared in Africa about 2-1.5 million years ago.
22 Clues: Time before written records. • Neolithic settlement in turkey. • Discovered in 1991. From over 5000 years ago. • Land bridge connecting Asia and North America. • The spread of cultural trends across locations. • Skilled craft workers who produced goods by hand. • For getting food, hunting gathering plants or berries. • ...
Issue 3: Living with Drought 2023-02-16
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- the act of protecting or preserving something in order to keep it from running out or being used up
- having to do with farming or growing food
- a substance that covers a surface or that lies between two other things
- able to work well, without wasting time, money, or energy
- a layer of rock that can hold water
- to replace, refill, or restore naturally
- characterized by waste; not efficient
- a long period of dry weather, when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live
- a useful thing
- a process in which salt is removed from salt water
- the belief or feeling that something bad will definitely happen
- to protect or preserve something so that it will not run out or be used up
- a choice you can make in a particular situation
- the rain or snow that falls on the ground; the amount that falls
- the sum of units in a set divided by the number of units
- an artificial method of watering crops, such as through channels or pipes
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- the practice of farming or growing
- able to replace itself; unable to be used up
- extremely serious; very bad
- a plant that has thick leaves or stems able to store water
- extremely dry because of hot weather and lack of water
- safe for drinking
- the typical weather conditions in a particular place
- a large country or the world
- to change one thing into something else
- materials that make something unclean
- relating to homes
- a small cave
- the layer of bricks, cement, or stones under a building for support; the base of something
29 Clues: a small cave • a useful thing • safe for drinking • relating to homes • extremely serious; very bad • a large country or the world • the practice of farming or growing • a layer of rock that can hold water • characterized by waste; not efficient • materials that make something unclean • to change one thing into something else • to replace, refill, or restore naturally • ...
Ag Careers (Ayush, Daneo) 2023-07-24
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- Manages and strategizes agricultural business operations.
- Manages a farm focused on milk and dairy production.
- Educates students about agriculture and farming practices.
- Cultivates and studies fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.
- Manages and cultivates fruit trees for fruit production.
- Operates a combine harvester during the harvest season.
- Provides medical care to farm animals and ensures their well-being.
- Ensures compliance with regulations and quality standards.
- Provides expert advice to farmers on improving yields.
- Assists with various tasks on the farm, like planting and harvesting.
- Maintains beehives and harvests honey and other bee products.
- Operates and maintains equipment used in dairy production.
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- Installs and maintains irrigation systems on farms.
- Raises livestock on a large farm, often specialized in specific animals.
- Applies herbicides to control weeds and ensure crop health.
- Manages and oversees fishery operations for sustainable fish production.
- Cultivates and harvests aquatic organisms like fish or shellfish.
- Studies economic aspects of agriculture and food production.
- Sells agricultural products and equipment to farmers and businesses.
- Assists in conducting tests, research, and data collection on farms.
- Specializes in grape cultivation and winemaking.
- Conducts research to enhance agricultural practices.
- Cares for and raises chickens, ducks, or other poultry.
- Catches fish and other aquatic species for commercial purposes.
- Ensures proper use and adherence to regulations regarding pesticides
- Manages and operates a farm for cultivation and livestock.
- Plans and manages forests for timber and environmental conservation.
- Conducts tests and analysis on agricultural samples.
- Designs and develops machinery and equipment for farming.
- Studies soil and plants to optimize crop production.
30 Clues: Specializes in grape cultivation and winemaking. • Installs and maintains irrigation systems on farms. • Manages a farm focused on milk and dairy production. • Conducts research to enhance agricultural practices. • Conducts tests and analysis on agricultural samples. • Studies soil and plants to optimize crop production. • ...
Farm Animals 2025-04-06
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- The process of gathering mature crops from the fields.
- A farming tool used to turn over the soil.
- A tower used to store grain or silage on a farm.
- A grain commonly grown for food and animal feed.
- A large building used for storing farm equipment or housing animals.
- A large area of land used for growing crops or grazing animals.
- A female horse.
- A cultivated plant grown for food, like corn or potatoes.
- A young bird, particularly a baby chicken.
- A domesticated animal raised for wool and meat.
- Relating to milk production and products made from it.
- A small enclosure for keeping chickens or other small poultry.
- A domesticated animal known for its milk, meat, and climbing abilities.
- The reproductive body laid by female birds, commonly collected from hens.
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- Animal waste used as fertilizer for crops.
- A female chicken, typically kept for laying eggs.
- A large domesticated animal used for riding or pulling plows.
- A powerful vehicle used for farming tasks like plowing and harvesting.
- A farm tool used for breaking up soil to prepare for planting.
- A large domesticated animal raised for milk and beef.
- A large bird often raised for meat, especially around holidays.
- A barrier used to enclose farm animals or crops.
- A waterfowl often raised for its eggs and meat.
- A nutrient-rich liquid produced by cows, goats, and other animals.
- Food, especially dried hay or feed, given to farm animals.
- Dried grass or legumes, used as food for livestock.
- A young sheep, often raised for its meat.
- A large farm where livestock, especially cattle, are raised.
- A domesticated animal raised for meat, often known for its intelligence.
- A large, compressed bundle of hay or straw wrapped tightly for storage.
30 Clues: A female horse. • A young sheep, often raised for its meat. • Animal waste used as fertilizer for crops. • A farming tool used to turn over the soil. • A young bird, particularly a baby chicken. • A waterfowl often raised for its eggs and meat. • A domesticated animal raised for wool and meat. • A tower used to store grain or silage on a farm. • ...
Module 14 Southern Europe Vocabulary 2025-04-03
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- provides many jobs for many southern Europeans because they are surrounded by many seas!
- a series of battles between Christians and Muslims fighting for control over Jerusalem
- country known for NOT speaking Spanish and colonized Brazil
- time period of many inventions and artwork, began in Italy
- most of southern Europe has this; long sunny days and mild nights most of the year
- a religion that believes in one God that is called Allah, and was founded by the Prophet Muhammad
- a type of rule where a King and elected Prime Minister rule together
- country that has the fourth largest amount of islands in Souther Europe
- home of western ideas and civilization
- the Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula, who were conquered by the Christians
- the title for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church
- country in southern Europe that is shaped like a boot
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- is a religion similar to Roman Catholic, but different and practiced in Greece
- conquered the Greeks and conquered all of Europe, until it got too big to protect
- to believe in Jesus Christ as God
- provides many farming jobs throughout much of southern Europe
- name of the religion headquartered in Vatican City
- are areas of low elevation, on the coast and are good for farming
- is very important for southern Europe as its climate, history and beaches attracts many visitors
- surrounded by water on three sides and composed of Spain and Portugal
- type of government led by a religious leader
- one of the main indicators of a strong or weak economy
- country known for colonizing Mexico, Central and South America
23 Clues: to believe in Jesus Christ as God • home of western ideas and civilization • type of government led by a religious leader • name of the religion headquartered in Vatican City • the title for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church • country in southern Europe that is shaped like a boot • one of the main indicators of a strong or weak economy • ...
Medieval Europe 2025-05-16
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- Farming estates that were the center of life and economy in feudal Europe, owned by lords
- Religious community where monks lived, worked, and prayed.
- Group of skilled workers in the same trade who set standards and prices
- a massive church built by Justinian in Constantinople
- people who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born
- also known as the Black Death; deadly disease that killed millions in Europe in the 1300s.
- 1215 English document that limited the king's power and protected nobles' rights; ensured basic political rights
- French king who expanded royal power by taking land back from England and strengthening the monarchy
- tool that lets horses pull heavy plows, improving farming in Europe.
- church order that stopped religious services in a kingdom or area
- Justinian’s wife who advised and improved women’s rights
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- Law that restricted clothing, food, or luxury use based on social class.
- a punishment where someone is officially removed from the Church
- English king who created royal courts and strengthened the common law.
- Byzantine emperor who expanded the empire and made a new legal code.
- landowner of a granted land; Noble who owned land and ruled over vassals and serfs
- influenced by Magna Carta; 1689 English law that limited royal power and inspired rights in the U.S. Constitution.
- Political and social system where nobles gave land for protection and military service.
- a simplified and organized collection of Roman laws by Justinian.
- person receiving land granted by the lord; noble who pledged loyalty and service in exchange for land.
- land granted by lords in exchange for military protection and other services
- Religious home where nuns lived and worshipped God.
- tax to combat effects of the Plague, caused peasant revolts
23 Clues: Religious home where nuns lived and worshipped God. • a massive church built by Justinian in Constantinople • Justinian’s wife who advised and improved women’s rights • Religious community where monks lived, worked, and prayed. • tax to combat effects of the Plague, caused peasant revolts • a punishment where someone is officially removed from the Church • ...
Mesopotamia 2024-10-14
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- an area along a river that forms from soil that is deposited when the river overflows its banks
- a strong metal made from copper and tin that was used for making tools
- Crescent a crescent-shaped region with fertile soil in the Middle East
- a person trained to be able to write
- the oldest known ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia
- the "land between two rivers"
- a long period of dry weather
- a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
- of labor when each member of a society does a specific job
- a system of writing developed in ancient Sumer that used wedge-shaped symbols
- of Hammurabi the world's first system of laws, recorded by Hammurabi, King of Babylonian, around 1780 B.C.
- a large temple built by the ancient Sumerians to honor their gods and goddesses
- the Babylonian ruler from about 1800-1750 B.C
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- of Law a written set of laws for everyone to obey
- a human-made waterway
- a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation
- and Euphrates Rivers rivers that flow mainly through the Fertile Crescent where the world's first farming civilization developed
- a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding
- the use of laws to treat people fairly and in a way that is morally right
- different groups of people living in one large area of land under one ruler
- the "king" in a Sumerian city-state
- the process of making sure crops have the water they need to grow
- believing in only one god
- good for farming; rich with nutrients
- believing in more than one god
- a self-governing city and the lands surrounding it
26 Clues: a human-made waterway • believing in only one god • a long period of dry weather • the "land between two rivers" • believing in more than one god • the "king" in a Sumerian city-state • a person trained to be able to write • good for farming; rich with nutrients • the Babylonian ruler from about 1800-1750 B.C • a self-governing city and the lands surrounding it • ...
Ideas/beleifs and technologies. Balasundaram. Pd. 4c5a. 2024-10-20
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- A type of camel with one hump
- entailed the spread of intensive methods of farming and irrigation technology and a rise in crop yields because of these farming techniques
- a state approved association of merchants
- A dynasty where China was controlled by the mongols, also a type of currency
- not the study of the texts or meditation on the Buddha but rather the constant invocation of the name Amitabha
- the practice of meditation as the key ingredient to awakening ones inner nature, compassion and wisdom
- to preserve the genealogies, historical narratives, and oral traditions of their people
- trapping a city by surrounding it without letting things in or out
- types of sails
- an important center for the expansion of Buddhism
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- Asking for people to surrender and killing those who don't
- spoken in african but written in arabic
- primarily a practical object, used as a bowl in which to collect alms
- a major type of Confucianism that combines elements of that philosophy with doctrines of Buddhism and Daoism
- people maintain old culture but live in new area
- roadside inns along major trade routes like the ancient Silk Road
- to celebrate Muslim dominance in Delhi after the defeat of Delhi's last Hindu ruler. It was a fusion of Hindu and Islamic architecture
- a type of paper negotiable instrument used during China's Tang dynasty invented by merchants but adopted by the state
- enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia. It was originally built in the first half of the 12th century as a Hindu temple
- used by mongols to know if attackers are aproaching
20 Clues: types of sails • A type of camel with one hump • spoken in african but written in arabic • a state approved association of merchants • people maintain old culture but live in new area • an important center for the expansion of Buddhism • used by mongols to know if attackers are aproaching • Asking for people to surrender and killing those who don't • ...
Stone ages & Mesopotamia Crossword 2024-10-09
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- The last city state in Mesopotamia, Known for being good fighters.
- Land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Means between the rivers in Greek.
- Old Stone Age
- To tame or control; animals that can be raised instead of hunted
- Farming to provide food for a settled group
- Inventions used to make life easier
- Babylonian King who wrote a famous set of laws, the term 'An eye for and eye' comes from here
- New stone age
- Change that makes someone more comfortable in their environment
- The earliest culture of the Mesopotamian region, created seal stamps and thread for clothes
- One of the first temples, in the Neolithic Era
- The first city state of Mesopotamia, invented the wheel and cuneiform.
- Objects made or used by humans
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- A complex society displaying eight of the characteristics of civilization.
- Study of human artifacts
- The first great empire of Mesopotamia, Started by Sargon the Great
- A sudden or complete change
- Small states that were made up of a city and it's surrounding area, for example Babylon and Sumer.
- A temple in Mesopotamia, used for worshipping the gods.
- The ability for early humans to focus on specific areas for development because of more free time
- (to describe Land) good for growing things.
- The earliest known writing system. Used in Mesopotamia and carved into clay
- A specialized farming tool to make planting easier
- Using channels to supply water to crops from rivers.
- Digging up artifacts
- One of the first known settlements; located in modern-day Turkiye
- Public works such as bridges and roads
27 Clues: Old Stone Age • New stone age • Digging up artifacts • Study of human artifacts • A sudden or complete change • Objects made or used by humans • Inventions used to make life easier • Public works such as bridges and roads • Farming to provide food for a settled group • (to describe Land) good for growing things. • One of the first temples, in the Neolithic Era • ...
Grapes of Wrath 2026-01-15
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- A building and business that holds money as well as controls the economy for a country.
- A market composed of shares that can be owned by someone. Big controller in economy and money.
- The act of planting crops and harvesting them for food and supplies.
- A western state in the US. Primarily known for Hollywood and its fortune.
- The act of moving from one place to another.
- A series of severe dust storms that took out farms in the great plains and made lots of people move.
- Drinkable alcohol, typically favored by hard workers.
- Supporter of Tom Joad and his family, was left behind by his family to defend his farm.
- Main character in Grapes of Wrath, ex-convict.
- An event that lasted for nearly a decade that had severe poverty and economical failure throughout the world.
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- A state in the US. Primarily known for farming and Indian territory.
- The act of removing someone from their own house, and taking ownership.
- A crop mainly harvested for cash and used in clothing and other apparels.
- Secondary character in Grapes of Wrath, was a priest.
- The state of living in a poor time. Money is scarce and home is hard to find.
- A vehicle used by farmers to harvest crops in mass.
- The state of not having a place to live. People in this state don't usually have any money.
- A farmer from Oklahoma that lost their farm and moved out west in search of work.
- Sediment from rock and dirt that builds up and clouds the skies.
- Costs imposed upon civilians to collect money for public services and projects.
20 Clues: The act of moving from one place to another. • Main character in Grapes of Wrath, ex-convict. • A vehicle used by farmers to harvest crops in mass. • Secondary character in Grapes of Wrath, was a priest. • Drinkable alcohol, typically favored by hard workers. • Sediment from rock and dirt that builds up and clouds the skies. • ...
Exploration & Colonization Module 2/List 3 Vocabulary 2025-09-08
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- military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency; usually in a small village or town
- source a source created by a person who was not present when an event occurred
- To trade goods or services for other goods or services without using money.
- prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group
- farming growing crops to only meet the needs of the farmer and his family.
- source a source created by a person who was present when an event occurred
- Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place
- resistance to a particular infection or toxin
- diffusion the process by which ideas, traits, and cultural patterns spread from one society or group to another, often through migration, trade, or communication
- World North America and South America
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- World Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- sisters a traditional intercropping method practiced by Indigenous Peoples where corn, beans, and squash are planted together to create a self-sufficient garden system; taught to the colonists
- a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves
- Exchange the exchange of agricultural products, germs, religious beliefs, etc. between Native Americans and Europeans during early contact
- The first inhabitants of a region.
- factors negative factors that cause a person to leave his or her native country
- small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century
- Farming.
- factors positive factors that cause a person to come to a new country
- the customs, religion, food, music, etc. of a certain group of people; their way of life
20 Clues: Farming. • The first inhabitants of a region. • World Europe, Asia, and Africa. • World North America and South America • resistance to a particular infection or toxin • prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group • a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves • Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place • ...
Challenges affecting Agriculture Locally and Regionally 2023-01-16
9 Clues: lack of water • the shape of the land • lack of ownership of the land • difficult to obtaining financing • stealing of agricultural produce • damage caused by storms hurricanes • lack of basic services such as roads • limited use of machinery and equipment • young people not interested in farming
acient indan acivments/ tristin trujillo 2019-11-20
9 Clues: a river • texts a scroll • they were food • a group of people • a animeal used for war • it was used to make swords • this is how they got crops • a place for prices and queens • it is a thing that would show who you were
Other side of our nature 2023-11-13
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- _________ help us in farming activities.
- using public transportation.
- Air is a __________ resource.
- Saving rainwater to water the plants.
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- ___________ resources can be living or non-living.
- Machinery is a ___________ resource.
- _______ help us in construction.
- Fossil fuels are a source of ___________.
- Provides food and shelter to various animals.
9 Clues: using public transportation. • Air is a __________ resource. • _______ help us in construction. • Machinery is a ___________ resource. • Saving rainwater to water the plants. • _________ help us in farming activities. • Fossil fuels are a source of ___________. • Provides food and shelter to various animals. • ___________ resources can be living or non-living.
IEN Hot Takes Puzzle 2023-09-19
9 Clues: Social system • Work for the King • Work for the nobles • The name of a plague • Decides the church's position • Work for the lord/ like slaves • In charge of a large area/group • The science of practicing farming • A body of people ordained for religious duty
Mesopotania Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-15
9 Clues: A farmland • A eye for a eye • A system of writing • Land in between rivers • It is related to farming • A divider for a community • A fertile mixture of rocks and soil • Used to describe too much of something • A common place used for worshiping/praying
Fisheries Crossword 2021-06-29
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- / A seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources
- / Natural stocks of fish harvested by fishermen
- / The depletion of a species to the point where it is no longer profitable to harvest
- / A status assigned to fish stocks that have been harvested beyond the maximum sustainable yield, so there is not enough breeding stock left for replenishment
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- / Designed to promote the use of local and sustainable seafood; helps ensure that consumers have fish for the future by teaching partnered chefs about sustainable and local seafood, while at the same time educating the consumer.
- / The maximum amount of any species that can be harvested without affecting future yields
- / Farming of any aquatic organisms in controlled environments
- / Farming of marine organisms in controlled environments
- / Animals unintentionally killed when other species are being harvested
9 Clues: / Natural stocks of fish harvested by fishermen • / Farming of marine organisms in controlled environments • / Farming of any aquatic organisms in controlled environments • / Animals unintentionally killed when other species are being harvested • / The depletion of a species to the point where it is no longer profitable to harvest • ...
Soils recap to date 2019-03-26
9 Clues: poor nutrition • raising animals • largest particles in soil • layer of the soil profile • smallest particles in soil • main food source in a country • crops grown for own consumption • type of farming with maximum yield per hectare • abbreviation for the 3 main nutrients required by plants
Inventors Of The Industrial Revolution 2023-10-27
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- Invented the "spinning jenny"
- Invented the first steamboat
- Invented the "Mechanical Reaper," an advanced farming tool
- Improved The Steam Engine
- Pioneered the transmission of electricity
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- Invented "vulcanization" of rubber
- Invented the telephone
- Creator of the Cotton Gin
- Creator of one of the most revolutionary car companies
9 Clues: Invented the telephone • Creator of the Cotton Gin • Improved The Steam Engine • Invented the first steamboat • Invented the "spinning jenny" • Invented "vulcanization" of rubber • Pioneered the transmission of electricity • Creator of one of the most revolutionary car companies • Invented the "Mechanical Reaper," an advanced farming tool
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-02
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- pound/The currency of the United Kingdom
- of Commons/The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- voluntary association of independent states
- power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- minister/The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- form of government where power is held by one central authority
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- currency of the European Union
- system/Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- Council/The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- countries/Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- system/Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- Union/a group of 27 European countries united
- world countries/Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- Duma/That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- Law/The constitution of Germany
22 Clues: currency of the European Union • Law/The constitution of Germany • pound/The currency of the United Kingdom • voluntary association of independent states • Union/a group of 27 European countries united • Council/The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-02
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- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- A voluntary association of independent states
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
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- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- a group of 27 European countries united
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- The constitution of Germany
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- The currency of the European Union
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
Vocabulary Quiz # 1 2012-10-23
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- River for Mayan transportation and trade
- originating in a country
- dresses extravagant hat worn for special ceremonies by the Mayan
- eye Mayan spirit or curse
- important, stands out
- vegetation
- Hero Twins Mayan’s myth explaining the division of Social classes( why only one family is noble)
- decorative sewing
- killed
- to make a copy of
- Chinese ceramic, hard, translucent, hid over 1000years from the rest of the world, white
- Slash and Burn technique used by Mayan
- ancient writing system
- a precious stone- usually in green, but comes in other colours.
- farming
- and burn Mayan farming
- precious metal- used by Mayans for trade
- River for Mayan transportation to trade
- Mayan books
- study of inscriptions(hieroglyphics)
- joined through one route
- Mayan Instrument
- explanation
- rotation using fields for different crops each year
- corn
- shared
- ragged pants or shorts( like an underwear)
- a hard volcanic rock
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- (w/example) an item of the past
- to go with
- represents, symbolizes
- Mayan tax paid to priests by peasants
- a loot bag for a birthday
- figure out
- large stones Mayans used for writing on
- precious metal used by Mayans for trade
- movement from one place to another
- 15 year old Mayan girl
- accruing regular
- Mayan form of Febreez – Sap from a tree used as an air freshenner
- the person who reasehes
- having power
- wealthy, successful
- the study of the past
- wife’s family payment to the groom’s family for marrige
- Mayan chaperon
- outstanding, important
- sum of your surroundings
- living in
- clay, earthen, brown and red
- use of
- diffusion cultures grouping together
52 Clues: corn • killed • use of • shared • farming • living in • to go with • figure out • vegetation • Mayan books • explanation • having power • Mayan chaperon • accruing regular • Mayan Instrument • decorative sewing • to make a copy of • wealthy, successful • a hard volcanic rock • important, stands out • the study of the past • represents, symbolizes • 15 year old Mayan girl • ancient writing system • ...
Agriculture 2022-08-31
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- a person who owns or manages a farm.
- an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
- the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products
- a powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms for hauling equipment and trailers.
- a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour.
- power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines
- any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.
- prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
- economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
- an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.
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- the process or period of gathering in crops.
- a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.
- the action or process of copying something.
- a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
- building used for sheltering animals, their feed and other supplies, farm machinery, and farm products
- relating to or derived from living matter.
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- farm animals regarded as an asset.
- the activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock.
- things you plant to grow
20 Clues: things you plant to grow • farm animals regarded as an asset. • a person who owns or manages a farm. • prevention of wasteful use of a resource. • relating to or derived from living matter. • the action or process of copying something. • the process or period of gathering in crops. • the activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock. • ...
Latin American History Crossword 2022-11-15
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- What was the capital of the Incas
- The farming technique of Andean civilizations
- The Muisca people were known for their gold work and _____
- The Mayans lived on the _____ Peninsula
- The Caral people were known for their _____ knowledge
- Previous civilization that inspired the Aztecs
- The Muisca people were known for making votive figures called _____
- Who were known as the warriors of the clouds
- The main god of the Chimu
- Civilization known for its peaceful behavior
- Civilization that worshipped a moon god over a sun god
- Civilization known for the Jaguar sound made by rain in their building
- Burial practice used by the Muisca
- The Civilization that had the Lanzon sculpture
- Pyramid like structures with multiple levels, access ramps, stairs, and connecting plazas
- The Olmecs were known as the _____ people
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- Age of the Muisca people
- Civilization that was known for their ceramic artwork
- The Caral people lacked in ceramics had almost no _____
- Many civilizations took _____ as part of their religious ceremonies
- The Type of religion that the Mayans believed in
- Civilization that made the Nazca lines
- What civilization made the legend of Quetzalcoatl
- A knotted textile piece used to store information
- What were the Mayan people made of
- What differentiated social classes in Tenochtitlan
- Center of the Toltec empire
- Civilization known for their stone architecture
- What God did Andean civilizations share
- What was the first civilization in MesoAmerica
- Civilization known for their textiles
- Name of large market in the center of Tenochtitlan
- Name of the farming technique of the Aztecs
- The Twanaku were a big _____ destination
- What role were boys supposed to have in Aztec society
- The animal that South American civilizations sacrificed
36 Clues: Age of the Muisca people • The main god of the Chimu • Center of the Toltec empire • What was the capital of the Incas • What were the Mayan people made of • Burial practice used by the Muisca • Civilization known for their textiles • Civilization that made the Nazca lines • The Mayans lived on the _____ Peninsula • What God did Andean civilizations share • ...
EA BL 2016-10-20
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- During this period, all humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
- An animal which human started to domesticate for hunting and defence around 10000 BC
- It is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
- It led to the production of food surpluses.
- The primary plant domesticated by humans in the South China
- He or she is a social leader in the community.
- A lifestyle supported by large herds of animals.
- The part of history when writing was not invented.
- A person who made pottery for the rest of the population to use.
- A machine invented that allowed for mass-production of pottery.
- It is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
- A modern day animal which was resulted from selective breading of wolves.
- They terrorised people from China to Rome.
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- Characterised by the domestication of animal.
- It is generally defined as "settled, hierarchical urban life supported by agriculture."
- The primary plant domesticated by humans in the Middle East
- They are used for food and clothing.
- An organisation which is the core of a community.
- It began to change around 9000 BC, becoming colder and dryer.
- People living in Mesopotamia.
- Farming, basically.
- A place located in Levant,m in a lush oasis in the Jordan River valley.
- An adjective describing the food supply after the Neolithic Revolution.
- A tool we use to record thoughts with symbols on a medium.
- The largest and vest preserved Neolithic site known so far.
- They built the largest contagious empire in human history
26 Clues: Farming, basically. • People living in Mesopotamia. • They are used for food and clothing. • They terrorised people from China to Rome. • It led to the production of food surpluses. • Characterised by the domestication of animal. • He or she is a social leader in the community. • A lifestyle supported by large herds of animals. • ...
Land, Politics, and Expansion in the Early Republic 2019-11-04
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- Ecosystem ___ are tangible materials, such as timber and food, produced by natural systems, that are essential to human life, economies, and cultures.
- Ecosystem ___ are the functions and processes that occur in natural systems, such as pollination, that support or produce ecosystem goods and help sustain human life, economies, and cultures.
- Related to or situated on or near the banks of rivers and streams.
- A rule of conduct made and enforced through formal legislation by a body of government.
- Clearing an area of trees.
- A person who measures and maps the land.
- ___ farming are farming practices that produce only enough crops and livestock to feed farmers and their families.
- Land ___ is someone who buys land solely for the purpose of making a profit.
- Something that motivates or inspires someone to take a certain action.
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- The place where an organism lives and meets its needs.
- The quantity of goods or services above the quantity needed to meet one’s own needs.
- A broad statement that defines how groups or organizations implement their goals and objectives.
- Natural ___ is the interacting components, processes, and cycles within an environment, as well as the interactions among organisms and their environment.
- A conservation ___ is a legal agreement between a landowner and government to permanently set aside natural resources on private property.
- The amount of money or goods remaining after all costs of a transaction are deducted.
- The practice of planting a single crop.
- Natural ___ are the materials such as soil, water, minerals, and energy that people use from nature and natural systems.
- Having behaviors and beliefs that put the public interest ahead of one’s own interests.
- A law or regulation of a governmental body.
- To give up something, especially title or ownership of land.
20 Clues: Clearing an area of trees. • The practice of planting a single crop. • A person who measures and maps the land. • A law or regulation of a governmental body. • The place where an organism lives and meets its needs. • To give up something, especially title or ownership of land. • Related to or situated on or near the banks of rivers and streams. • ...
Belinda Marin 1st 2023-05-15
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- Having availability to food resources at all times. (IDK5)
- Hardworking farming is clustered land. (CC5)
- The study of human interaction on the environment./the name of this class(VIT1)
- The customs and traditions of a group/ the main idea of unit number 3 (VIT3)
- The study of landforms. (IDK1)
- Main model used to show the development of a place.(VIT2)
- The division of a branch that unites the locals together. (IDK3)
- A factor that increases a population. (CC3)
- The number of children a woman has during her childbearing years.(CC2)
- The total value of products produced in one country per year. (CC7)
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- A political movement tied to nationalism.(IDK4)
- A nation that lives in multiple states.(CC4)
- The number of miles a person is willing to travel for a service. (CC6)
- A state with multiple nations. (CC4)
- The process of economic activities./name of unit 7 (VIT7)
- An exact area on earth using longitude and latitude. (CC1)
- The number of children born for every 1,000 individuals. (CC2)
- Directions using North and South. (CC1)
- A factor that decreases a population. (CC3)
- The existence of two different economic sectors in one country. (IDK7)
- The power of the government to require land. (IDK6)
- Measurement of a country's wealth. (CC7)
- The study of political power/the study of unit 4.(VIT4)
- The repetition of short actions.(IDK2)
- The uncontrollable increasing rate of urbanization./the main cause of development. (VIT6)
- The number of consumers needed to support a business. (CC6)
- Easy working farming in dispersed land. (CC5)
- The raising of crops and animals for consumption./the study of unit 5. (VIT5)
28 Clues: The study of landforms. (IDK1) • A state with multiple nations. (CC4) • The repetition of short actions.(IDK2) • Directions using North and South. (CC1) • Measurement of a country's wealth. (CC7) • A factor that decreases a population. (CC3) • A factor that increases a population. (CC3) • A nation that lives in multiple states.(CC4) • ...
Navtaj's Homestead Act Puzzle 2023-12-16
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- You had to be this many years old to file for land
- See question 13
- The last family in Washington to use the Homestead Act
- People from different countries looking for land
- The ___ Culture Act granted homesteaders 160 acres of land if they planted at least 40 acres of trees within 10 years. Common in eastern Washington
- With question 4, the people who marked the Oregon Trail
- The first family in Washington to use the Homestead Act
- Century the Homestead Act was signed
- Fruit grown in Olympic Peninsula because land bought there is not dry
- Without these, it was hard to get healthcare in Washington, resulting in lots of people dying
- These were added to Washington as a result of people moving there
- This amount of millions of acres freed for land
- Land in Eastern Washington was too ___ to farm
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- Native Americans were forced to crowd into these
- New method of farming developed due to the dry farmland in Washington bought in the homestead act
- One of the reasons why people left their land
- Around this many million people used the Homestead Act
- River land bought in the Homestead Act was west of
- The first thing made on new land
- Name of the first family to use the Homestead Act
- Last name of the president who signed the Homestead Act
- Month the Homestead Act was signed
- Homesteaders who were farmers made up this much of the work force in Washington
- Name of trail used to travel to new land
- Gained by Washington due to the increase in population due to homesteaders moving there
- Land act meant to encourage cultivating dry land in Eastern Washington that caused more people to start farming
26 Clues: See question 13 • The first thing made on new land • Month the Homestead Act was signed • Century the Homestead Act was signed • Name of trail used to travel to new land • One of the reasons why people left their land • Land in Eastern Washington was too ___ to farm • This amount of millions of acres freed for land • Native Americans were forced to crowd into these • ...
Anabella Ruiz Ch #14 Study Guide 2024-05-15
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- Only about ___ % of sotherners were wealthy plantation owners with more than 50 slaves.
- About ___ _______ bales of cotton were produced in the U.S, in 1850.
- The amount of slaves in the southern population was ___ _____ %.
- Inventors of the sewing machine, made mass production of clothing possible, big $$$
- Slave ______ were intended to keep slaves from rebelling.
- Many workers in Northern factories were ________; about 2-4 million of them came to the U.S. to escape problems in their homelands.
- About 75% of people in the south were __________.
- Nat _______ was another African American who resisted slavery.
- _____ Vesey was an African American who resited slavery.
- Eli ________ invented the cotton gin which did the work of fifty people.
- The one percent of people who were wealthy platation owners were known as ______.
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- Most white southerners owned about ___ slaves.
- Since the southern states grew so much cotton, a range of states stretching from South Carolina to Mississippi got nicknamed the ________.
- During the Industrial revolution, southern farmers had to grow a large amount of this crop to sell to the Northern textile factories.
- These ships were the best form of water transportation before steam ships replaced them.
- Because of slave codes, slaves were not allowed to gather in groups of ____ or more.
- Because of slave codes slaves could not own ______.
- Because of slave codes, slaves could not leave their owner's land without a _______.
- Since _______ was not huge in the south, the south depended on the North to sell their goods to.
- John ______ invented farming machines to make farming easier for people; tractors in Home Depot?
- Some "skilled" slaves were ________ and blacksmiths.
- Many slave owners viewed their slaves as ______ that had to stay healthy.
- Most railroads in the 1800s were built in the ______.
23 Clues: Most white southerners owned about ___ slaves. • About 75% of people in the south were __________. • Because of slave codes slaves could not own ______. • Some "skilled" slaves were ________ and blacksmiths. • Most railroads in the 1800s were built in the ______. • _____ Vesey was an African American who resited slavery. • ...
Echo 6 Drug politics 2025-08-15
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- treating things like a human
- against the law
- a group that has banded together due to a common cause
- replacing one thing with another, milk with oatmilk for example
- the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
- study something
- when two sides have agreed to stop fighting
- control exerted to do something or restrain impulses.
- originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
- reject with disdain or contempt.
- wishing to cause harm
- a compulsory contribution to state revenue
- to try and persuade someone
- coming from a similar group, youth to youth for example
- suggest
- a little bit
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- making something less military
- farming and things related to farming
- supply or power something
- slowly stop using something, weaning off breastmilk for example
- not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you
- to have the opposite effect to what was intended
- shooting from two sides
- give in to something
- indicating something instead of saying straight
- a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
- an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end
- being interested in different things, wanting to know more
- a state of feeling great physical or mental distress
- can earn alot of money
- A criminal group
- an essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object.
- the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
33 Clues: suggest • a little bit • against the law • study something • A criminal group • give in to something • wishing to cause harm • can earn alot of money • shooting from two sides • supply or power something • to try and persuade someone • treating things like a human • making something less military • reject with disdain or contempt. • farming and things related to farming • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2025-10-10
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- seizing control by force or war
- a rich, curved area in the Middle East where some of the first farming and cities began
- low land with a river, often good for farming
- one of the first written legal system. 282 laws were carved on huge stones and place in public view
- a building where people worship their gods and goddesses
- the first writing system, using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets
- beliefs and practices about gods, world, and how people should live
- Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire
- a vast area with one ruler who controls diverse people and lands
- designing and building structures: houses, temples, palaces
- urban societies; large groups in cities with government, culture, and technology
- something handed down from the past, like ideas, inventions or traditions
- trained group protecting an expanding country or empire, often by fighting
- relating to Akkad, the first empire in Mesopotamia, or its people and lands
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- a place where books, tablets, or scrolls are collected for reading and learning
- the spreading of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another
- a city with its own government and laws
- recording words, ideas, and information for sharing and remembering
- tools and inventions that are problem-solving and life easing
- a great or important thing someone had done or created
- the study of the Earth’s land, water, and how people interact with their environment
- famous Babylonian king who created an early set of written laws
- the study of stars, planets, and space beyond earth
- a huge, stepped tower built as a temple in Sumerian cities
- a system for bringing water to crops to help them grow, especially in dry places
25 Clues: seizing control by force or war • a city with its own government and laws • low land with a river, often good for farming • the study of stars, planets, and space beyond earth • a great or important thing someone had done or created • a building where people worship their gods and goddesses • Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire • ...
Chloe Hong - Dust Bowl 2025-11-03
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- What animals started falling from the sky due to the dust storms
- 90% of what animals died
- What animals were mostly affected by the dust on farms
- What color dust came from Texas
- Which famous statue did the dust storms cover
- What color dust came from Kansas
- What tool did people bring with them everywhere
- What did people have to shovel instead of snow
- What was the nickname for the time period during the Dust Bowl
- What did people begin wearing to prevent inhaling dust
- What was the nickname for farming region in the great plains
- What state did not permit entry to those without jobs
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- What day was the worst of the worst black blizzards
- What region did the dust bowl most affect
- What administration planted millions of trees?
- Where did kids have to stay overnight if dust storms got too severe
- What was the nickname of the dust storms during the Dust Bowl
- What did Californians nickname migrants from Oklahoma
- What crop was the most profitable during WWI
- Which state did dust travel to after fifteen hundred miles
- How did people stop dust from seeping into their house
- What caused the dust to spread so vastly, leading to dust storms
- What were the worst dust storms nicknamed
- What city did Black Sunday most affect
- What color dust came from Oklahoma
- Who was the famous photographer during the Great Depression
- What respiratory illness did people get from breathing in too much dust
- What natural occurrence led to the dust bowl
- What bad farming technique led to the dust bowl
29 Clues: 90% of what animals died • What color dust came from Texas • What color dust came from Kansas • What color dust came from Oklahoma • What city did Black Sunday most affect • What region did the dust bowl most affect • What were the worst dust storms nicknamed • What crop was the most profitable during WWI • What natural occurrence led to the dust bowl • ...
Indigenous Peoples’ History Chapters 1-5 2026-03-13
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- The belief that a nation is superior and has a special mission in the world.
- A system where the military has strong influence over government or society.
- Property or land taken from common ownership and made privately owned.
- A group of citizens trained to act as soldiers in emergencies.
- Related to ideas about knowledge, values, and belief systems.
- When people or resources are unfairly used for someone else's benefit.
- Beliefs or policies that treat groups unfairly based on identity.
- A principle or belief used to guide political or religious actions.
- Control or power over land or people.
- Extra goods or food produced beyond what is needed.
- Individuals hired to fight for money rather than loyalty to a country.
- Farmers or rural laborers who worked land owned by others.
- Shared land used by a community for grazing or farming.
- Treated with cruelty or violence.
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- A system of ideas or beliefs that guides political or social actions.
- A formal agreement or promise between groups.
- A historical term used by Europeans to describe people who practiced religions different from Christianity.
- Disagreement or conflict among members of a group.
- The act of taming animals or plants for human use, a practice that shaped early agricultural societies.
- A rapid increase or spreading of something, such as settlements or ideas.
- People who express disagreement with authority or dominant beliefs.
- To completely destroy or wipe out something.
- A system of ideas or beliefs that guides political or social actions.
- Payments or goods given to a more powerful group or leader.
- To formally surrender, yield, or transfer possession of territory, rights or authority to another party.
- A group united by shared beliefs or religious devotion.
- To grow crops or prepare land for farming
- Responsible care and management of land and resources.
28 Clues: Treated with cruelty or violence. • Control or power over land or people. • To grow crops or prepare land for farming • To completely destroy or wipe out something. • A formal agreement or promise between groups. • Disagreement or conflict among members of a group. • Extra goods or food produced beyond what is needed. • ...
New Zeland 2022-09-21
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- How many official languages are there in NZ?
- Where is the 'Cherry capital of New Zealand'?
- What is the more common name for the NZ owl?
- What is the longest New Zealand name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu means?
- We call the indigenous people of New Zealand the Maori, but where did they come from?
- What did Maori villagers keep in their pataka?
- What is a Tuatara?
- What is the pride of every New Zealander?
- The New Zealand slang word "togs" refers to what?
- What is New Zealand's deepest lake?
- What town/city is the centre of geothermal based tourism in New Zealand?
- What a cheeky alpine bird is called?
- What is the nickname given to New Zealanders?
- What is the currency in New Zealand?
- Which area of New Zealand gets the most rainfall?
- What fruit is New Zealand the world’s largest producer of?
- What is New Zealand main industry?
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- What is the name of the heaviest parrot in the world, found in NZ?
- What is the largest city in New Zealand?
- What is the capital of New Zealand?
- The Hector's __________ is one of the rarest sea creatures in the world.
- What is New Zealand’s official name in Maori?
- The South Waikato district has two major industries One of them is pastoral farming and the other is?
- Which NZ city is the first to see the sunrise each day?
- What is New Zealand's closest neighbor?
- What is the most popular sport in New Zealand?
- The first permanent European settlement in the country, this city was the original capital of New Zealand. Which is it?
- Who are New Zealand's original inhabitants?
- What is the name for a Maori war dance or challenge?
- Whose colony was New Zealand?
- What is New Zealand's top goods export?
31 Clues: What is a Tuatara? • Whose colony was New Zealand? • What is New Zealand main industry? • What is the capital of New Zealand? • What is New Zealand's deepest lake? • What a cheeky alpine bird is called? • What is the currency in New Zealand? • What is New Zealand's closest neighbor? • What is New Zealand's top goods export? • What is the largest city in New Zealand? • ...
From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers Review 2022-10-11
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- a person who grows crops
- shelters that stay in a region or a community/town
- the age also called New Stone Age that lasted from 8000 to 3000 B.C.E
- a limited amount of time
- a person who creates tools
- a place to grow crops
- a town discovered in the Neolithic Age in the middle of Turkey
- a person who moves from one place to another without a permanent home
- a town discovered in the Neolithic Age in present day Israel
- a person who studies the past by looking at records
- shelters that is not permanent
- the business to grow crops
- a region in Southwest Asia that has very rich soil
- something that can be used to fulfill a need
- a container used to hold or carry things
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- to raise an animal to help humans
- a person who participates in trade
- shapes made of points and line segments
- the business of exchanging, buying, or selling items
- to provide the means or ability to do something
- bowls, pots, and other tools made out of baked clay
- to move from one place to another
- a person who makes baskets
- to work good or produce very little waste
- the age also called the Stone Age the lasted from 2 million years ago to 8000 B.C.E
- a group of people in an area *or a town*
- the work of farming, growing crops, and raising cattle
- having the shape of a rectangle
- something important
- a group of people who kill to get food
- a person who weaves fabric
31 Clues: something important • a place to grow crops • a person who grows crops • a limited amount of time • a person who makes baskets • a person who creates tools • the business to grow crops • a person who weaves fabric • shelters that is not permanent • having the shape of a rectangle • to raise an animal to help humans • to move from one place to another • ...
From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers Review 2022-10-11
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- a person who grows crops
- shelters that stay in a region or a community/town
- the age also called New Stone Age that lasted from 8000 to 3000 B.C.E
- a limited amount of time
- a person who creates tools
- a place to grow crops
- a town discovered in the Neolithic Age in the middle of Turkey
- a person who moves from one place to another without a permanent home
- a town discovered in the Neolithic Age in present day Israel
- a person who studies the past by looking at records
- shelters that is not permanent
- the business to grow crops
- a region in Southwest Asia that has very rich soil
- something that can be used to fulfill a need
- a container used to hold or carry things
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- to raise an animal to help humans
- a person who participates in trade
- shapes made of points and line segments
- the business of exchanging, buying, or selling items
- to provide the means or ability to do something
- bowls, pots, and other tools made out of baked clay
- to move from one place to another
- a person who makes baskets
- to work good or produce very little waste
- the age also called the Stone Age the lasted from 2 million years ago to 8000 B.C.E
- a group of people in an area *or a town*
- the work of farming, growing crops, and raising cattle
- having the shape of a rectangle
- something important
- a group of people who kill to get food
- a person who weaves fabric
31 Clues: something important • a place to grow crops • a person who grows crops • a limited amount of time • a person who makes baskets • a person who creates tools • the business to grow crops • a person who weaves fabric • shelters that is not permanent • having the shape of a rectangle • to raise an animal to help humans • to move from one place to another • ...
Government of Ancient Egypt 2019-01-22
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- As son of Re, Pharaoh was a ______ on Earth.
- King of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt; first Pharaoh.
- Name of the second Egyptian Kingdom or time period.
- Time of severe food shortage; grain had to be stored in case this occurred.
- Artisans, merchants and traders began to play a more important role in Egypt’s ________.
- Ruler of a kingdom.
- Form of government in which one ruler controls both the religion and the government.
- Carried goods to be traded with Nubia to the south and Mesopotamia to the east.
- Head of the government, had total power, owner of all land, and god on Earth; also means “great palace.”
- Pharaoh performed rituals to help his kingdom ___________--kept the soil fertile and produce abundant crops.
- Appointed by Pharaoh to carry out his orders.
- Means extra food; allowed some Egyptians to work in jobs besides farming.
- How many dynasties were there in Egypt between 3100 B.C. and 332 B.C.?
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- Place to store surplus grain.
- Collected from farmers as tax payments.
- Word that means to join together; Narmer did this to Lower and Upper Egypt.
- These natural, “dry” barriers protected Egypt from outside attacks.
- Necessary system to oversee farming, irrigation, trade, grain storage, distribution of food, and conflicts over land.
- A line of rulers of/from one family.
- The right to rule was passed from father to son to _________.
- Capitol city built by Narmer.
- During this first Kingdom, Egypt’s government became stronger, it built magnificent cities, pyramids, and expanded trade.
- Villages along the Nile did this with their surplus produce and goods.
23 Clues: Ruler of a kingdom. • Place to store surplus grain. • Capitol city built by Narmer. • A line of rulers of/from one family. • Collected from farmers as tax payments. • As son of Re, Pharaoh was a ______ on Earth. • Appointed by Pharaoh to carry out his orders. • Name of the second Egyptian Kingdom or time period. • ...
T1 chapter 1: hunters and farmers 2021-03-14
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- Living together as famers had major consequences. One of them is many people died due to ..... they got from farm animals.
- the holy book of the Christians
- From which continent do 'we' humans originate?
- Another human species who went extinct around 40.000 year ago
- The first farming societies produced everything they need themselves
- What you have to do to survive and find food is called:
- something that happens because of something else, the result of effect
- the Latin name of us; thinking man
- Darwin The scientist who came up with the evolution theory
- the first villages were built on sites were the ground was very .....
- Which places/sites give archeologists a lot of information about the social status of a deceased person?
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- a person who moves around without a permanent living place
- Holy book of the Jews
- Farmers own more things/objects than hunter- gatherers. They have more ....
- Living together as famers had major consequences. One of them is a growth of the .....
- The differences between people within one society are called: ..... differences
- BC on a timeline means:
- A big change that takes place relatively quickly
- The reason why something happens
- a person who does excavations and studies them
- the holy book of the Islam
- The old name of the region in the Middle east were the first farmers lived
- Arable farming and animal breeding together is called:
- Living together as famers had major consequences. One of them is more ..... between people.
- A big change that takes place relatively slowly
- A clay pot which the farmers used to store food
26 Clues: Holy book of the Jews • BC on a timeline means: • the holy book of the Islam • the holy book of the Christians • The reason why something happens • the Latin name of us; thinking man • From which continent do 'we' humans originate? • a person who does excavations and studies them • A big change that takes place relatively slowly • ...
Cattle, Cotton, and Railroads 2023-03-09
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- James _________ was a former Texas Governor and creator of the Railroad Commission
- lots of extra land, the Homestead Act, and new technology are all __________ for Westward Expansion
- buffalo __________ were employed by the US government to hunt buffalo and make room for Westward Expansion
- Buffalo Soldiers built military ________ in West Texas to protect Expansion
- the ___________ railroad was the name of the railroad that expanded the from the east coast to the west coast to connect the two sides
- cattle industry, railroads, advanced farming techniques, and population increase are all examples of ____________ of Westward Expansion
- the main industry in Texas was ________ and cotton
- the decreased population of the ________ helped to force Native Americans into the reservations
- The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
- A form of city government in which they elect citizens to head departments
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- buffalo _________ were an all African American military unit that helped to protect Westward Expansion against the Native Americans
- a __________ in meat started the mass production of packaged beef
- place/idea to sell goods
- often leading to a cycle of debt, __________ involved renting land, seeds, and equipment from a large landowner
- government intervention in a market
- the __________ Land Grant gave money to Universities to specialize in agriculture and mechanics (Texas A&M University)
- Movement of people from rural areas to cities
- ________ Parker was known as the last Comanche Chief
- Lawrence ___________ was a former Texas Governor who later became the President of Texas A&M Univeristy
- __________ made quick and easy transportation which helped to grow the economy but also put an end to the frontier
- similar to sharecropping, ________ farming involved renting land from a large landowner but providing your own seeds and equipment
21 Clues: place/idea to sell goods • government intervention in a market • Movement of people from rural areas to cities • the main industry in Texas was ________ and cotton • ________ Parker was known as the last Comanche Chief • a __________ in meat started the mass production of packaged beef • The development of industries for the machine production of goods. • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-02
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- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The currency of the European Union
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- a group of 27 European countries united
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
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- A voluntary association of independent states
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The constitution of Germany
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • A voluntary association of independent states • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- a group of 27 European countries united
- The constitution of Germany
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The currency of the European Union
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
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- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- A voluntary association of independent states
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the United Kingdom • The currency of the European Union • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- A voluntary association of independent states
- a group of 27 European countries united
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The constitution of Germany
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- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The currency of the European Union
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the United Kingdom • The currency of the European Union • a group of 27 European countries united • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • A voluntary association of independent states • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
European Government Vocabulary Quiz 2013-10-04
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- Head of state running day-to-day operations of government is some democracies, like Germany
- Developing nations that do not have much industry and that depend on farming; lower standard of living
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect MPs who choose a prime minister
- The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly
- A government by the few, usually with corrupt and selfish purposes
- The powerful, representative lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- The constitution of Germany
- The less-powerful upper house of the German Parliament, which represents the interest of the state government
- A form of government where power is held by one central authority
- Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president
- The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy
- The currency of the United Kingdom
- The power is vested in the people and exercised directly or indirectly
- The less-powerful, advisory lawmaking body of the United Kingdom’s Parliament
- A government in which one person possesses unlimited power
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- Countries that depend on manufacturing more than farming; higher standard of living
- A voluntary association of independent states
- That part of Russia’s Federal Assembly that represents state government, approves presidential appointments
- The currency of the European Union
- A form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
- The powerful lower house of the German Parliament, elects a chancellor
- Government that guarantees certain benefits to the unemployed, poor, disabled, old, and sick, such as done in Basic Law of Germany
- a group of 27 European countries united
23 Clues: The constitution of Germany • The currency of the European Union • The currency of the United Kingdom • a group of 27 European countries united • A voluntary association of independent states • The elected body of Russia’s Federal Assembly • The head of state in a parliamentary system of democracy • A government in which one person possesses unlimited power • ...
How does climate change impact plants? 2014-06-13
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- to make available
- dioxide the most common greenhouse gas found in our atmosphere
- makeup/ the genes that tell the traits of an organism
- chemicals used to destroy fungus
- a pollution clean-up method where trees are used to absorb chemicals
- to make clean and pure
- chemicals or other substances that are used to make the soil more fertile
- gases gases that get trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming
- chemicals that keep insects from eating and destroying the crop
- to rely on
- the natural home of a plant, animal, or organism
- warming the gradual increase in temperature of the Earth's atmosphere
- a substance or object that intrudes in an area that has harmful effects
- modification changing the genetic makeup of a crop so that it is immune to the affects of pesticides and other chemicals
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- chemicals used to kill or get rid of pests that are harmful to the crop
- a plant grown for food
- a very large unit of measure equal to about 2.471 acres
- the process plants go through to create their own food
- the "bubble" of gases that surround our planet
- chemicals used to keep rodents like squirrels and mice away from crops
- when a species no longer exists on the Earth
- the cutting down of forests resulting in clear land
- substances that are harmful to the environment
- plants that grow where they are not wanted
- the gas that all humans and animals breathe
- the amount produced
- not effected by something
- farming a type of agriculture that is done on a large scale uses herbicides, pesticides, and other chemicals
- a chemical used to kill weeds
- farming a type of agriculture that uses no harmful pollutants or chemicals
- to take in
31 Clues: to rely on • to take in • to make available • the amount produced • a plant grown for food • to make clean and pure • not effected by something • a chemical used to kill weeds • chemicals used to destroy fungus • plants that grow where they are not wanted • the gas that all humans and animals breathe • when a species no longer exists on the Earth • ...
Industrial Revolution 2014-10-30
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- System This system of production predated the Industrial Revolution and took place mainly in the house
- rotation This innovation in farming allowed for better and more efficient use of land
- Davy In 1815 this man developed the miner's safety lamp, which enabled deeper pits to be dug with less chance of explosion
- When crop land is not used or not used well, it is called ____________ (check your textbook!)
- Approximately when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
- Fill in the blank: "The Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution are sometimes called the _________ Revolutions (...check your notes!)
- Along with mills, these became the main places production took place
- This kind of source comes from the time being studied and may include diaries, letters and posters
- This raw material powered the Industrial Revolution
- This power replaced water and water wheels, speeding up production
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- Improvements in medicine led to a massive increase in this
- The Industrial Revolution increased the rate at which work was completed. In other words, it led to an increase in P___________ /
- These started to grow at a very fast rate, as landless farmers had nowhere else to go
- This man has a goldfish memory
- Watt This innovator is credited with developing the steam engine
- These turned shared, common land into private land
- Jenny This invention revolutionised the textile industry
- Sweep This was one of the toughest jobs during the 19thCentury...Children often did it because of the small space
- This engineer and business man played a big role in developing the railway system in Britain
- The factory system used this group of children, often under harsh conditions (Hint: Charles Dickens...)
- Field This was the system of farming before the enclosures...
21 Clues: This man has a goldfish memory • These turned shared, common land into private land • This raw material powered the Industrial Revolution • Approximately when did the Industrial Revolution begin? • Jenny This invention revolutionised the textile industry • Improvements in medicine led to a massive increase in this • ...
5th Grade BM2 2017-09-28
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- Arctic Native Americans are also called this
- One of the three G´s. Explains how the conquistadors forced Christianity on people of the New World
- Weather on average, over a period of months and years
- To change your behavior based on your environment
- Ancient Mesoamerican people famous for building stone head statues
- The study of the Earth
- North, South, East, and _________
- When latitude and longitude combine, they give us __________
- Hunter-gatherer people; people who do not live in one place, usually following animal herds
- One of the ¨three G´s.¨ Countries wanted to be famous, important
- study of how people use their resources. Usually involves money.
- Another word for farming
- Type of map that shows natural features such as lakes, rivers, mountains
- Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, ______________
- Mountain Range in the Eastern US
- Capital city of the Aztec Empire
- Temporary shelters that the Plains Indians lived in
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- Plains Indians relied on this animal for survival. Also known as a Bison.
- ________ Poles were built by the Northwest Indians. They tell stories of family history.
- Mesoamerican people who lived in South America (Peru)
- One of the ¨three G´s.¨ Conquistadors wanted money...
- Different accounts of history say that Atahualpa Inca threw the ______ on the ground
- Bringing water to dry places for farming
- Map keys/ __________ tell us what the symbols mean on a map
- Tells us directions N, S, E, W
- Mesoamerican people who lived in Central Mexico
- Mesoamerican people who lived in the Yucatan Peninsula
- Mountain Range in the Western US
- Spanish word for ¨conquerer¨
- Type of map that shows borders and man-made features
- When someone changes their religion
- Ancient Native American people who lived in the Southwestern US
32 Clues: The study of the Earth • Another word for farming • Spanish word for ¨conquerer¨ • Tells us directions N, S, E, W • Mountain Range in the Western US • Mountain Range in the Eastern US • Capital city of the Aztec Empire • North, South, East, and _________ • When someone changes their religion • Bringing water to dry places for farming • ...
Year 6 Geography Exam 2018-05-10
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- A wave that travel through earth
- The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
- Which number comes first in a grid coordinate?
- City with the highest population in the world
- What is a city that has a population over 10 million?
- A settlement that is scattered
- The plate boundary that causes Earthquakes
- The cycle of _____ when companies expand and make a profit
- Farming to look after animals
- How many plate boundaries are there near Japan?
- What is the current global population doing?
- What is at the top of the settlement heirarchy
- The name of the pillar on a map showing the exact height
- A farmer is an example of _____ industry
- When lots of people live together we say it is _______ populated
- The centre of a city
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- The outskirts of a city where housing is
- Another risk to Japan caused by earthquakes
- The tertiary industry is mainly what type of businesses?
- The quaternary sector is mainly what?
- A settlement all in a line along a road
- The instrument used for measuring earthquakes
- The word used to describe where people live in the world
- During the industrial revolution which sector grew rapidly?
- Capital city of Japan
- What is at the bottom of the settlement hierarchy
- A word used to describe the strength of an earthquake
- A settlement centered around a crossing point for example
- A line of weakness in the rock
- The lines on a map used to tell height
- The point underground where the energy is released
- Farming crops
- Poor quality housing on the outskirts of a city
33 Clues: Farming crops • The centre of a city • Capital city of Japan • Farming to look after animals • A settlement that is scattered • A line of weakness in the rock • A wave that travel through earth • The quaternary sector is mainly what? • The lines on a map used to tell height • A settlement all in a line along a road • The outskirts of a city where housing is • ...
Ag Jobs (Ignore spaces in answer) 2023-07-21
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- Provides expert advice to farmers on improving yields.
- Sells agricultural products and equipment to farmers and businesses.
- Applies herbicides to control weeds and ensure crop health.
- Assists with various tasks on the farm, like planting and harvesting.
- Installs and maintains irrigation systems on farms.
- Assists in conducting tests, research, and data collection on farms.
- Manages a farm focused on milk and dairy production.
- Ensures proper use and adherence to regulations regarding pesticides.
- Operates and maintains equipment used in dairy production.
- Maintains beehives and harvests honey and other bee products.
- Plans and manages forests for timber and environmental conservation.
- Catches fish and other aquatic species for commercial purposes.
- Operates a combine harvester during the harvest season.
- Manages and oversees fishery operations for sustainable fish production.
- Specializes in grape cultivation and winemaking.
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- Educates students about agriculture and farming practices.
- Cares for and raises chickens, ducks, or other poultry.
- Provides medical care to farm animals and ensures their well-being.
- Manages and strategizes agricultural business operations.
- Ensures compliance with regulations and quality standards.
- Conducts research to enhance agricultural practices.
- Manages and operates a farm for cultivation and livestock.
- Cultivates and harvests aquatic organisms like fish or shellfish.
- Conducts tests and analysis on agricultural samples.
- Cultivates and studies fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.
- Studies soil and plants to optimize crop production.
- Designs and develops machinery and equipment for farming.
- Studies economic aspects of agriculture and food production.
- Manages and cultivates fruit trees for fruit production.
- Raises livestock on a large farm, often specialized in specific animals.
30 Clues: Specializes in grape cultivation and winemaking. • Installs and maintains irrigation systems on farms. • Conducts research to enhance agricultural practices. • Conducts tests and analysis on agricultural samples. • Studies soil and plants to optimize crop production. • Manages a farm focused on milk and dairy production. • ...
COZY GAMING CROSSWORD 2023-10-10
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- Cocktail for a witch or alchemist
- Your hands get this after a few hours of gaming
- Loading screen message "Press A to _____"
- Trash drink from Stardew Valley
- Nintendo digital retailer
- Former bachelorette from The Sims
- A band unaffiliated with a major record label
- Forest spirits in The Legend of Zelda
- Build these to stash your stuff
- A Short Hike summit
- A short, sudden jerking movement
- Ooblet’s combat style
- Eponymous girl from this dark point and click
- A seasoned witch in Wylde Flowers
- Story of Seasons creatures
- Do this to find your place again
- Second word of iOS game subscription
- First step when farming
- Animal Crossing currency
- Most-followed female streamer
- Seagull washed-ashore in this pandemic-era game
- Unpacking goal
- BOb's Slime Rancher request
- Shane's experimental color
- Add unexpected features to a game or a forum-monitor
- Free, popular emulator "Blue_____"
- Cozy gaming’s favorite season
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- Two controller accessories
- Comfort someone in a time of grief
- Nintendo Switch competitor
- Mickey's game "Disney Dreamlight ______"
- Iconic electric-type Pokémon
- Baritone from fishing minigames
- Last step when farming
- Year start date
- Sit here to make time pass
- Collect this in Lil' Gator Game
- Purple messaging and social platform
- Coffee Talk locale
- Well-publicized, magic farm-sim set in Azoria
- Hit monster-taming title from 2022
- Your family cat in Spiritfarer
- Cozy Grove local
- Animal from this cute cult title
- A plumber's favorite snack
- In this game, farm in the Australian outback
- Titular hero in this 2023 island adventure
47 Clues: Unpacking goal • Year start date • Cozy Grove local • Coffee Talk locale • A Short Hike summit • Ooblet’s combat style • Last step when farming • First step when farming • Animal Crossing currency • Nintendo digital retailer • Two controller accessories • Nintendo Switch competitor • Sit here to make time pass • Story of Seasons creatures • A plumber's favorite snack • ...
Unit 7: Land 2023-11-27
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- the slow process of soil removal from wind and water
- garbage juice; this is formed from the water in landfills
- allowing too many animals to eat in an area
- good soil gets eroded away and turned into a desert
- chemicals used to kill insects on crops
- cows, pigs, horses, goats, sheep, etc.
- new farming methods were discovered in the 1940s - 1970s by Norman Borlaug
- farming fish, clams, algae, etc.
- when you don't get all of the necessary vitamins and amino acids from foods
- either feces or chemicals that contains nitrogen and phosphorus to be put onto crops
- trash that is nuclear, biological, or chemical is _________ waste
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- roads and buildings retain more heat than the surrounding environment
- accumulation of salts in the soil
- a material can be broken down in the environment
- the surface layer of soil that has more nutrients
- land that has few people and large open spaces
- a place where we put all of our garbage
- a kind of food that is non-genetically modified and was not grown with chemical fertilizer
- when trees are removed en masse
- roads, bridges, power lines, waste pipes
- a method of removing hazardous waste where we pump it underground and seal it with concrete
- potato plants produce a ton of food per plant, therefore they have a high _____.
- humans have done this to sheep, cows, corn, etc. in order to make them more useful to us
- to get the raw materials from trash and use them to make new things
- land that is mostly covered with buildings and roads; city
- widespread starvation caused by foot shortage
26 Clues: when trees are removed en masse • farming fish, clams, algae, etc. • accumulation of salts in the soil • cows, pigs, horses, goats, sheep, etc. • a place where we put all of our garbage • chemicals used to kill insects on crops • roads, bridges, power lines, waste pipes • allowing too many animals to eat in an area • widespread starvation caused by foot shortage • ...
Black history month: Watermelon 2024-02-15
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- rights Movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans, including the right to enjoy watermelon without being stereotyped
- sensation experienced when consuming watermelon
- provides convenience and accessibility while maintaining the fruit's cultural significance within African American traditions
- Season when watermelons are typically harvested, enjoyed, and celebrated in African American culture, often associated with outdoor gatherings and family reunions
- The rich cultural significance and representation of community, heritage, and resilience embodied by watermelon within African American culture
- the month where black history is celebrated
- The transformation and adaptation of watermelon's cultural significance over time within African American communities
- Symbol of cultural heritage and resilience within African American communities
- nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings
- Historically used in derogatory stereotypes, yet a symbol of perseverance and cultural pride.
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- shared traditions and values within African American communities, exemplified by the significance of watermelon in cultural celebrations and gatherings
- often enjoyed in traditional dishes and celebrations, symbolizing resilience and connection to heritage.
- The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon
- Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals
- Symbol of resilience and community, often associated with negative stereotypes.
- System of farming prevalent after the Civil War where African Americans often grew watermelons on rented land
- overcoming stereotypes about watermelons and challenges to remain a cherished symbol of community and tradition
- unfair treatment based on race and practices such as associating African Americans with watermelon stereotypes
- tiny plant found in the juicy flesh of a fruit associated with cultural symbolism and historical significance
- Negative portrayals and assumptions historically associated with African Americans and watermelon
20 Clues: the month where black history is celebrated • sensation experienced when consuming watermelon • The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon • Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals • nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings • ...
Black history month: Watermelon 2024-02-15
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- often enjoyed in traditional dishes and celebrations, symbolizing resilience and connection to heritage.
- Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals
- provides convenience and accessibility while maintaining the fruit's cultural significance within African American traditions
- Historically used in derogatory stereotypes, yet a symbol of perseverance and cultural pride.
- rights Movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans, including the right to enjoy watermelon without being stereotyped
- nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings
- sensation experienced when consuming watermelon
- overcoming stereotypes about watermelons and challenges to remain a cherished symbol of community and tradition
- shared traditions and values within African American communities, exemplified by the significance of watermelon in cultural celebrations and gatherings
- The transformation and adaptation of watermelon's cultural significance over time within African American communities
- System of farming prevalent after the Civil War where African Americans often grew watermelons on rented land
- Symbol of cultural heritage and resilience within African American communities
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- Symbol of resilience and community, often associated with negative stereotypes.
- Season when watermelons are typically harvested, enjoyed, and celebrated in African American culture, often associated with outdoor gatherings and family reunions
- unfair treatment based on race and practices such as associating African Americans with watermelon stereotypes
- The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon
- The rich cultural significance and representation of community, heritage, and resilience embodied by watermelon within African American culture
- the month where black history is celebrated
- Negative portrayals and assumptions historically associated with African Americans and watermelon
- tiny plant found in the juicy flesh of a fruit associated with cultural symbolism and historical significance
20 Clues: the month where black history is celebrated • sensation experienced when consuming watermelon • The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon • Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals • nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2023-12-12
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- A bunch of people pooling money for business adventures.
- Fancy soldiers working for the boss in the Ottoman Empire.
- Being in charge of spots for trade without fully ruling a place.
- Giving goodies to the big boss as a sign of respect or control.
- People with mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.
- The main place ruling over colonies—like a big mama.
- Clever floating gardens used by the Aztecs for farming.
- Putting people in social groups based on birth, not skills.
- Old-school, cool boats used for exploring the seas.
- A mountain in South America loaded with shiny stuff—silver!
- A paper drawing lines to share the world between two buddies, Spain and Portugal.
- Giving land and natives to conquerors—like a not-so-nice gift.Treaty of Tordesillas
- A horrific voyage for slaves across the Atlantic.
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- Swapping goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a big triangle.
- Big swapping event between the Old World and New World.
- Big floating things filled with treasures, not trash!
- Fancy Spanish folks born in Spain, ruling the colonies.
- Kidnapping talent for the empire's service—kinda like recruitment, but sneaky.
- Making stair-like fields for farming on mountains or hills.
- Big countries wanting lots of gold by controlling trade and colonies.
- Boom-making stuff that goes kaboom.
- A nasty, contagious disease that caused big trouble in
- Spiritual beliefs mixing African traditions and Christianity.
- Folks born in new places but with old-country roots.
- All things related to the sea and sailing.
- String things the Incas used to remember stuff—like an ancient notepad.
26 Clues: Boom-making stuff that goes kaboom. • All things related to the sea and sailing. • A horrific voyage for slaves across the Atlantic. • People with mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. • The main place ruling over colonies—like a big mama. • Old-school, cool boats used for exploring the seas. • Folks born in new places but with old-country roots. • ...
(25)Unit 8 Vocab Words London Mitchell 2024-04-01
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- a pattern of urban development characterized by low-density, decentralized growth.
- a row of trees or shrubs planted to protect crops, livestock, and buildings.
- when livestock consume vegetation at a rate faster then it can grow.
- The process of population growth and exparision or urban areas.
- The release of pollutants or substances into the environment.
- the decline in the quality and health of soil due to various factors.
- a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can seep into buildings from the ground.
- where temperatures are significantly higher than in surrounding rural areas due to human activities.
- Natural fuels formed from the remains of living organisms.
- a group of naturally occurring minerals composed of long, thin fibers.
- Where crops are planted along the contour lines of a slope.
- a substance capable of causing cancer in living or increasing the risk of cancer development.
- a plant growth primarily to protect and improve the soil rather than for harvest.
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- the physical material covering the Earth's surface.
- a farming practice were two or more crops are grown simultaneously in the same field.
- a farming technique were where different crops are planted in the same field over successive season or years
- the presence of harmful or toxic substances in the environment.
- The presence of harmful or excessive concentrations of pollutants in the air.
- a substance that is toxic or harmful to nerve tissue or the nervous system.
- a disease that has newly appeared in a population.
- the accumulation of slats in the soil.
- the mechanical manipulation of soil to prepare for planting .
- The human activities and purpose for which land is utilized
- a densely populated area.
- a substance used to control, repel, or kill pests.
25 Clues: a densely populated area. • the accumulation of slats in the soil. • a disease that has newly appeared in a population. • a substance used to control, repel, or kill pests. • the physical material covering the Earth's surface. • Natural fuels formed from the remains of living organisms. • The human activities and purpose for which land is utilized • ...
US History Semester Exam 2024-12-09
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- The first permanent English settlement in North America, 1607
- Present day Mexico, 250-900 CE, 365 day calendar, hieroglyphics
- The highest social class in New Spain
- This country funded Columbus’ voyages
- Cash crop of Jamestown
- Central Mexico, 1325, military, human sacrifice
- The number of nations in the Iroquois League
- The Mayflower Compact was created by the Pilgrims to establish a
- Which battle was a significant turning point in the Revolutionary War
- These are complaints included in the Declaration of Independence
- Vasco de Gama accomplished Portugal’s goal by reaching
- These colonists supported a war for independence
- Which animal was essential to life for the Great Plains people
- Which frozen river does Washington cross to ambush the British at Trenton
- The first crop grown in the Americas was
- The road to revolution starts because the French and Indian War left the King in
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- This act was a tax on all paper materials
- A global swap of people, goods, technology, ideas and diseases known as the Columbian
- This theory suggests that humans used this land bridge to migrate into North America
- Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs
- Present day Mexico, 1200-800 BCE, gigantic statues
- Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world
- Andes Mountains, South America, military, advanced farming
- It is generally agreed that the first humans came from
- Which conquistador conquered the Inca
- These acts were punishment for the Boston Tea Party
- The main reason for early human migration was to find
- Which region had the Apache and Navajo, hunter gatherers, some farming
- Who led the Continental Army
- This prince laid the groundwork for the era of European exploration
30 Clues: Cash crop of Jamestown • Who led the Continental Army • The highest social class in New Spain • This country funded Columbus’ voyages • Which conquistador conquered the Inca • Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs • The first crop grown in the Americas was • This act was a tax on all paper materials • The number of nations in the Iroquois League • ...
Asia Review Crossword 2024-05-01
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- A way of thinking about the universe and society.
- In South Asia, the civilization developed along this river.
- The final goal of Buddhism.
- The place where Hindus worship.
- A hero who rescued his wife Sita, but listened to rumors.
- An ancient trade route that connected Europe and Asia.
- The __________ Desert is located in northern China.
- In China, the civilization developed along this river.
- Buddhists believe that living is ____________.
- Buddhists follow the _______ Noble Truths.
- A belief that you can be born again and again.
- A philosophy from ancient China.
- An independent military ruler.
- A god or a goddess in a polytheistic religion.
- Hindus believe in _____ God in many forms.
- To achieve enlightenment, Buddhists follow the _______ Fold Path.
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- _______________ farming is farming just enough to survive.
- A social ranking system found in India.
- The Mandate of ____________ is why rulers were able to rule in China.
- The Three Gorges Dam is the __________ dam in the world.
- To gain knowledge about a subject.
- A seasonal wind that brings either rain or drought.
- The Enlightened One
- A belief that if you do something good, something good will happen to you.
- A Buddhist idea that nothing lasts forever.
- The oldest organized religion created in South Asia.
- The Dalai __________ is the head of Tibetan Buddhism.
- The mountain range that acted as a dividing line between Asia and South Asia.
- A line of rulers from the same family.
- An extreme shortage of food.
- A person so low, they are not in the Caste System.
- The Monkey God in Hinduism.
32 Clues: The Enlightened One • The final goal of Buddhism. • The Monkey God in Hinduism. • An extreme shortage of food. • An independent military ruler. • The place where Hindus worship. • A philosophy from ancient China. • To gain knowledge about a subject. • A line of rulers from the same family. • A social ranking system found in India. • Buddhists follow the _______ Noble Truths. • ...
SS 2202 Chp. 4 Review 2025-01-10
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- Age “Old Stone Age” Lithic: means stone They used stone tools to meet their needs and wants.
- New ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet your needs.
- Belief in more than one God
- (human made objects) can reveal how people dressed, worshiped, or the types of work they did.
- The most powerful traders along the Mediterranean after Crete's decline
- A people’s unique way of life. Involves shared ways of doing things in common.Learned by the media, family, school, friends, government, etc.
- _____________ Revolution “New Stone Age” Lithic: means stone. They began to settle in one place when they discovered agriculture (farming).
- A series of rulers from a single family
- Humans and other creatures that walk upright
- a way of trading goods and services without money
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- seeds, nuts, fruits, etc.
- Functioned much as an independent country does today
- with this type of farming a farmer would cut and clear the land, burn the vegetation, and the ash layer would help fertilize the soil.
- The development of skills in a specific kind of work
- An _________ brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
- Professional record keepers who invented a form of writing called cuneiform
- Domestication of animals. People would raise tame animals to provide a constant supply of food. They would also breed these animals.
- Hunting animals to provide food and clothing. Bison, fish, deer, etc.
- Dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean from about 2000 to 1400 B.C.
- Skilled workers who make goods by hand
- Constantly moving around following animal migration patterns.
21 Clues: seeds, nuts, fruits, etc. • Belief in more than one God • Skilled workers who make goods by hand • A series of rulers from a single family • Humans and other creatures that walk upright • a way of trading goods and services without money • Functioned much as an independent country does today • The development of skills in a specific kind of work • ...
The American West 2025-01-28
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- a decrease in money supply and overall lower prices
- The National ________ was a social and educational organization for farmers
- The __________ Act encouraged western settlement by giving government-owned land to small farmers
- The ____________ Party was a political party formed in 1892 to support the free coinage of silver, work reforms, immigration restrictions, and more
- The pony __________ was a system of messengers that carried mail on a 2,000 mile route in 1860 and 1861
- to give up traditional ways in favor of mainstream practices
- __________ Lode was a Nevada gold and silver mine discovered by Henry Comstock
- Cattle ________ was a long journey on which cowboys herded cattle to northern markets or better grazing lands
- The ___________ Act gave land to western states to encourage them to build colleges
- a Western community that grew quickly because of the mining boom and often disappeared when the boom ended
- _____ farming was a method of farming that shifted focus from water-dependent crops to more hardy crops
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- __________ soldiers were African Americans who served in the cavalry during the wars in the west
- name given to Plains farmers who worked hard to break up the region's tough sod
- The ________ at Wounded Knee was the U.S. army's killing of 150 Sioux and ended the Indian wars on the Plains
- __________ Trail stretched from San Antonio, TX to Abilene, KS and was used for cattle drives
- _____________ railroad was a railroad system that crossed the continental U.S.
- African Americans who settled western lands
- federal land set aside for American Indians
- Standard _______ was the system set up by the railroad companies that divided the U.S. into 4 time zones
- an undeveloped area
- The Battle of the Little ___________ was the worst defeat for the U.S. army in the west
21 Clues: an undeveloped area • African Americans who settled western lands • federal land set aside for American Indians • a decrease in money supply and overall lower prices • to give up traditional ways in favor of mainstream practices • The National ________ was a social and educational organization for farmers • ...
TOPIC 8 (Unit 4) Crossword 2025-11-11
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- Unfair treatment based on race, gender or identity.
- Provides income and contributes to standard of living.
- Essential resource that affects health and human development.
- ____ per capita: Income measure used by the World Bank to classify countries.
- System for safe disposal of human waste and sewage.
- __________ emissions: Are higher per person in high-income countries.
- State in which all people have the same rights and opportunities.
- Mean and expected years of __________: Indicator measuring expected and mean years of education.
- ______ expectancy: HDI indicator reflecting average years a person can live.
- _________ slums: Describes city areas with poor living conditions.
- A _________ standard of living: Dimension of HDI measured by GNI per capita.
- Lack of access to resources often due to limited income.
- Protection from poverty, violence or unemployment.
- Includes housing, air quality and access to clean resources.
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- Process of increasing people’s control over their lives.
- ___________ farming: Type of farming providing food for a family’s own use.
- Process that increases the interconnectedness of countries.
- Physical structures that support economic and social activity.
- Differences in income, health and access within populations.
- A long and _________ life: Dimension of HDI relating to long and healthy lives.
- Sectors that produce goods or services for economic growth.
- _________ development: Relating to the development of people’s capabilities and choices.
- Sector employing many in low-income countries.
- Range of things people can be and do.
- Dimension of HDI measured by schooling years.
- Exchange of goods and services between countries.
- Human development _________: Composite measure ranking countries’ human development.
- Socially constructed roles associated with being male or female.
28 Clues: Range of things people can be and do. • Dimension of HDI measured by schooling years. • Sector employing many in low-income countries. • Exchange of goods and services between countries. • Protection from poverty, violence or unemployment. • Unfair treatment based on race, gender or identity. • System for safe disposal of human waste and sewage. • ...
Exploration and Colonization Module 2/List 3 Vocabulary 2025-09-17
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- military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency; usually in a small village or town
- source a source created by a person who was not present when an event occurred
- To trade goods or services for other goods or services without using money.
- prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group
- farming growing crops to only meet the needs of the farmer and his family.
- source a source created by a person who was present when an event occurred
- Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place
- resistance to a particular infection or toxin
- diffusion the process by which ideas, traits, and cultural patterns spread from one society or group to another, often through migration, trade, or communication
- World North America and South America
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- World Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- sisters a traditional intercropping method practiced by Indigenous Peoples where corn, beans, and squash are planted together to create a self-sufficient garden system; taught to the colonists
- a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves
- Exchange the exchange of agricultural products, germs, religious beliefs, etc. between Native Americans and Europeans during early contact
- The first inhabitants of a region.
- factors negative factors that cause a person to leave his or her native country
- small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century
- Farming.
- factors positive factors that cause a person to come to a new country
- the customs, religion, food, music, etc. of a certain group of people; their way of life
20 Clues: Farming. • The first inhabitants of a region. • World Europe, Asia, and Africa. • World North America and South America • resistance to a particular infection or toxin • prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group • a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves • Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place • ...
Exploration & Colonization Module 2/List 3 Vocabulary 2025-09-17
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- military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency; usually in a small village or town
- source a source created by a person who was not present when an event occurred
- To trade goods or services for other goods or services without using money
- prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group
- farming growing crops to only meet the needs of the farmer and his family.
- source a source created by a person who was present when an event occurred
- Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place
- resistance to a particular infection or toxin
- diffusion the process by which ideas, traits, and cultural patterns spread from one society or group to another, often through migration, trade, or communication
- World North America and South America
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- World Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- sisters a traditional intercropping method practiced by Indigenous Peoples where corn, beans, and squash are planted together to create a self-sufficient garden system; taught to the colonists
- a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves
- Exchange the exchange of agricultural products, germs, religious beliefs, etc. between Native Americans and Europeans during early contact
- The first inhabitants of a region.
- factors negative factors that cause a person to leave his or her native country
- small fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century
- Farming
- factors positive factors that cause a person to come to a new country
- the customs, religion, food, music, etc. of a certain group of people; their way of life
20 Clues: Farming • The first inhabitants of a region. • World Europe, Asia, and Africa. • World North America and South America • resistance to a particular infection or toxin • prejudice for or against one thing, person, or group • a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves • Spanish conquerors; takes over a particular land or place • ...
Agriscience Chapters 7 & 8 Vocab Words 2025-11-19
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- planting different crops in the same field in a planned sequence to improve soil fertility and reduce pests
- water that moves downward through soil due to gravity
- farming that disturbs the soil as little as possible to reduce erosion and improve soil health
- an area of land where all the water drains into a common waterway
- a farming method of planting across the slope to reduce erosion
- a substance added to soil to increase plant growth and nutrient levels
- water that clings tightly to soil particles and cannot be used by plants
- supplying water to crops through pipes, ditches, or sprinklers
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- the wearing away of soil by wind, water, or human activity
- a chemical used to kill or control pests such as insects, weeds, or fungi
- water held in soil that moves upward or sideways through small pores
- the top level of groundwater in the soil
- water that is clean and safe for humans to drink
- the process plants use to make food by converting sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen
- coastal water influenced by the tides of the ocean
- a natural radioactive gas that can build up in homes and cause health risks
- tiny solid or liquid particles in the air that can cause pollution and breathing problems
- a sequence showing how energy and nutrients move from one organism to another
- an organic compound made of hydrogen and carbon, often found in fossil fuels
- water that is low in salt, found in lakes, rivers, and streams
- the continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff
21 Clues: the top level of groundwater in the soil • water that is clean and safe for humans to drink • coastal water influenced by the tides of the ocean • water that moves downward through soil due to gravity • the wearing away of soil by wind, water, or human activity • water that is low in salt, found in lakes, rivers, and streams • ...
Rise of Civilizations 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 2025-12-01
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- The present-day country that Catal Hoyuk is located in
- The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
- Plants that are deliberately grown as food to feed communities
- The process of working together to achieve something bigger or more complex than one person can efficiently do
- Something that you can rely upon
- The shape that anthropologists and archeologists have frequently observed in permanent structures built in neolithic communities
- Things that can be placed in the soil under the right conditions and contain the genetic code for plants that became important to establishing permanent villages in the Neolithic Period
- Something that can be hunted, gathered, or intentionally grown to sustain people and animals
- Something that is not intended to last for a long time
- The process of gathering plants that were intentionally started to yield a crop to feed people or animals
- The permanent sites that rose up because people settled down and began farming in the Neolithic Period
- People who move around and have no permanent home
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- When things are done in such a way as to minimize waste and time invested
- Designed to be used for a very long time
- The object that allowed neolithic peoples to enter or leave their house through an opening high in the walls
- The building material that was often used to build neolithic homes
- When something becomes very difficult to find
- The process of training wild animals to serve in various roles that became more common during the agricultural revolution
- The present-day country that Jericho is located in
- People who work to look after groups of animals; a tradition that began long ago during the Neolithic Age
20 Clues: Something that you can rely upon • Designed to be used for a very long time • When something becomes very difficult to find • People who move around and have no permanent home • The present-day country that Jericho is located in • The present-day country that Catal Hoyuk is located in • Something that is not intended to last for a long time • ...
Peru, Bolivia, and Chile 2025-10-20
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- The majority religion in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.
- The southern part of Chile has a cold and rainy __________.
- Peru’s eastern region is covered mostly by this type of forest.
- The mountain range affects this important part of the weather.
- The world’s driest desert, found in northern Chile.
- An Indigenous language spoken in Peru and Bolivia.
- The large lake on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
- The capital city of Bolivia.
- A famous Incan site and tourist destination in Peru.
- Many people live near the coast because it is easier for farming and __________.
- This form of travel is important in mountainous regions.
- The Andes Mountains are rich in these underground natural materials.
- The Andes are known for their steep and __________ terrain.
- People build homes and roads differently depending on the __________.
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- Peru’s coastline lies along this ocean.
- A famous salt flat in Bolivia, one of the largest in the world.
- The capital city of Peru.
- Peru and Chile both have major ports for international __________.
- The Atacama Desert is famous for being extremely __________.
- A plateau region in Bolivia known for its high elevation.
- Many people in the Andes still follow traditional ways of __________.
- The language most commonly spoken in these three countries.
- The capital of Chile lies in a valley between the Andes and the coast.
- Bolivia does not have one of these, which makes trade more difficult.
- The long mountain range that runs through all three countries.
- A popular Indigenous language spoken in the highlands of Bolivia and Peru
- A major river that begins in Peru and flows across South America.
- A major industry in Chile related to copper.
- The temperature in the Andes gets __________ as elevation increases.
- Most people in these countries live in __________ areas.
30 Clues: The capital city of Peru. • The capital city of Bolivia. • Peru’s coastline lies along this ocean. • A major industry in Chile related to copper. • The large lake on the border of Peru and Bolivia. • The majority religion in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. • An Indigenous language spoken in Peru and Bolivia. • The world’s driest desert, found in northern Chile. • ...
Stone Ages and Mesopotamia 2025-08-16
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- The last city state in Mesopotamia, Known for being good fighters.
- Land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Means between the rivers in Greek.
- Old Stone Age
- To tame or control; animals that can be raised instead of hunted
- Farming to provide food for a settled group
- Inventions used to make life easier
- Babylonian King who wrote a famous set of laws, the term 'An eye for and eye' comes from here
- New stone age
- Change that makes someone more comfortable in their environment
- The earliest culture of the Mesopotamian region, created seal stamps and thread for clothes
- One of the first temples, in the Neolithic Era
- The first city state of Mesopotamia, invented the wheel and cuneiform.
- Objects made or used by humans
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- A complex society displaying eight of the characteristics of civilization.
- Study of human artifacts
- The first great empire of Mesopotamia, Started by Sargon the Great
- A sudden or complete change
- Small states that were made up of a city and it's surrounding area, for example Babylon and Sumer.
- A temple in Mesopotamia, used for worshipping the gods.
- The ability for early humans to focus on specific areas for development because of more free time
- (to describe Land) good for growing things.
- The earliest known writing system. Used in Mesopotamia and carved into clay
- A specialized farming tool to make planting easier
- Using channels to supply water to crops from rivers.
- Digging up artifacts
- One of the first known settlements; located in modern-day Turkiye
- Public works such as bridges and roads
27 Clues: Old Stone Age • New stone age • Digging up artifacts • Study of human artifacts • A sudden or complete change • Objects made or used by humans • Inventions used to make life easier • Public works such as bridges and roads • Farming to provide food for a settled group • (to describe Land) good for growing things. • One of the first temples, in the Neolithic Era • ...
Westward Expansion Crossword 2025-09-05
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- The name of one of the famous Indian chiefs who fought against General Custer
- The most important invention of westward expansion
- This is the name for the large area of the west where settlers moved during westward expansion
- Native Americans on the Great Plains used this animal as their primary food source.
- The name of the massacre that occurred in 1890 when 300 members of the Lakota tribe were killed
- Before westward expansion, many people thought the Great Plains was a vast treeless ___________________
- This Native American escaped reservations many times, but was eventually captured.
- This Native American leader tried to lead his tribe to Canada, but he later surrendered to protect his people.
- Settlers built these out of soil and prairie grass
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- This invention used wind power to pump water from underground
- This law gave away 160 acres of land in the west to settlers.
- The Native Americans called this new invention "The Devil's Rope."
- This word is used to describe how Native Americans were forced to accept and practice the customs of the white man.
- This was a primary crop grown on the Great Plains
- Former ____________________ wanted to start new lives and escape racial oppression by moving out west.
- The Great Plains had low ________________, making the soil dry and tough
- land set aside for Native Americans to live on
- Invented by John Deere; made farming easier on the Great Plains
- A technique used to farm on the Great Plains that conserves moisture in the soil.
- General Custer was killed in this Indian battle
- A law introduced in 1887 that broke up Native American tribal lands to sell to individuals for farming.
21 Clues: land set aside for Native Americans to live on • General Custer was killed in this Indian battle • This was a primary crop grown on the Great Plains • The most important invention of westward expansion • Settlers built these out of soil and prairie grass • This invention used wind power to pump water from underground • ...
Vocab Choice Board-Africa 2023-01-03
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- a farming technique where plants are burned and put back into the soil for a more favorable soil for growing crops.
- The spreading of desert due to loss of plant life because of drought/overgrazing of cattle
- a dry semi arid region south of the Sahara. It serves as a transition between desert and grassland. The word means “border”.
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- Farming provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale.
- a nomadic Arab of the desert
- The cutting down of too many trees
- a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees
7 Clues: a nomadic Arab of the desert • The cutting down of too many trees • a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees • Farming provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale. • The spreading of desert due to loss of plant life because of drought/overgrazing of cattle • ...
Vocabulary Unit 1 2023-10-11
7 Clues: farming • grow, improve • good, profit, gain • prepare for growing • price paid for something • something of value from earth • all living and non living things in an area
All Vocab 2021-10-19
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- height above sea level
- self-governing city and its surrounding area
- people who moved place to place
- single leader of an empire or kingdom
- first monotheistic religion
- human existence
- long period of time
- long poems telling stories of heros
- old stone age
- east and west of the Prime Meridian
- climate of tropical zones
- knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values a group has in common
- natural resources that cannot be replaced
- lands and people governed under a single rule
- object used to help accomplish a task
- mixture of fertile soil, good for farming
- countryside area
- belief in MANY gods
- system grants more power to some and less to others
- water or air flowing in the same direction
- plant life
- training of plants and animals
- time before writing
- laws and services in a region
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- belief of ONE god
- climate of polar regions
- earliest known form of written laws
- first system of writing
- something provided by nature that is useful
- farming
- north or south of the equator
- moisture in forms of rain, sleet, snow, etc.
- climate in temperate zone
- weather over a long time
- system of writing based on pictures
- way to supply water to an area
- study of earth
- surroundings of a place
- city area
- to move to a new place
- natural substances reached by mining or digging
- use of skills and tools to meet needs
- natural resource that can be used again
- new stone age
- complex society, forms of government, religion, and learning
- religious building, like the top of a ziggurat
- extra supply of something
- to do one thing well
- holy book of the Jewish people
49 Clues: farming • city area • plant life • old stone age • new stone age • study of earth • human existence • countryside area • belief of ONE god • long period of time • belief in MANY gods • time before writing • to do one thing well • height above sea level • to move to a new place • first system of writing • surroundings of a place • climate of polar regions • weather over a long time • ...
