Big Era 3 Environment
Across
- 8. an outbreak of a contagious disease that affects a great portion of the local population
- 9. Revolution the initial change from hunting and gathering to the intentional cultivation of domesticated plants and animals
- 11. to search widely for food or provisions
- 13. wearing away of the Earth's surface
- 14. a consequence of domestication
- 15. when the amount of people living within given areas is increased
Down
- 1. a period of time when the population spread thinly across the major landmasses of the world
- 2. the structures and details of the Earth
- 3. intentional cultivation of domesticated plants and animals
- 4. changing the genetic makeup of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans
- 5. extra or leftover goods; excess
- 6. clearing an area of trees
- 7. Crescent the area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers with soil better for agriculture than surrounding dry areas
- 10. a densely populated, complex society
- 12. Thaw the period after the Ice Age characterized by increased global temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and rising sea levels