Ancient Civilizations

2. people who survive by hunting, fishing, and foraging for wild food
4. a city that acts like its own country (own laws, ruler, and government)
6. an arch-shaped area in the middle east that has rich soil and freshwater for farming
10. a group of many different lands under one ruler
11. a group of people who live together in an organized way, sharing laws and traditions
12. complex society that had cities, government, religion, jobs, culture, and forms of writing
15. constructed by humans to provide farmland with water (by ditches or pipes)
17. people who move from place to place as a group
18. objects made by people, such as tools, pottery, weapons, and jewelry
20. helps us understand how rivers, mountains, and climate shape where people lived and farmed
22. "Old Stone Age" prehistory occurring before people began writing records
23. the way of life of a group of people (beliefs, customs, language, art, food, and traditions)

1. "New Stone Age" following the agriculture revolution
3. to tame or control an animal for human use
5. growth of towns and cities due to improvement in agriculture
7. people who study artifacts to learn about past human life
8. diving up work so each person does a job they are good at
9. "Land Between the RIvers"
11. when there is more of something than people need or want
13. the practice of farming, which includes growing crops and raising animals for food
14. fine, rich soil left behind after rivers flood; full of nutrients for farming
16. when there is not enough of something that people want or need
19. the science and skill of working with metals (copper, iron, bronze)
21. to move from one place to another in search of food, resources, or safer land