Unit 1 History Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a job where a person kept records; was a professional writer.
  2. 4. a picture or symbol that relays information through visual meaning or a resemblance to an object. A way for prehistoric people to convey messages.
  3. 7. before history was written
  4. 9. to study the lives/lifestyles of earlier humans
  5. 12. a person that lives in a society where carnivorism is encouraged
  6. 14. a group of people (a society) that live together and depend on each other for support
  7. 15. a set of beliefs, customs, characteristics, and behaivors that characterize a group of people
  8. 17. the scientific name for modern humans
  9. 19. Crescent a crescent shaped place in the Middle East where the world's first agricultural civilizations arose.
  10. 20. an era when people prefered permanent settlements and prefered agriculture over hunting
Down
  1. 2. to arrange laws, rules, and regulations into one systemized document
  2. 3. man-made objects that helps us understand prehistoric life
  3. 5. a turning point when people shifted from a hunter-gatherer mindset and instead prefered agricultural communities
  4. 6. to tame
  5. 8. a style of writing used by the mesopotamians
  6. 10. a massive stepped pyramid towers built in ancient mesopotamia. Developed by the Sumerian civilization.
  7. 11. a person in a skilled trade who makes items by hand or traditionally
  8. 13. nomadic people that migrated to hunt and gather food, water, and shelter
  9. 16. a kind of person or group that travels a lot aand doesn't stay in one place
  10. 18. a prehistoric monument that aligns with the sun. It is believed to have served as a sacred burial ground or an ancient calendar