Chapter 1 Megapuzzle, Part I

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Across
  1. 6. Theory that explains the spread of human beings as a species.
  2. 8. People who move frequently in search of food and resources.
  3. 10. One of the oldest known pieces of literature.
  4. 16. Homer wrote these two important pieces of Western literature.
  5. 17. Allows humans to grow crops, raise livestock, and settle in one location.
  6. 18. Alternative name for the Bering Strait Land Bridge.
  7. 19. Developed based on people’s relative importance to their societies.
  8. 20. Government in which people elect others to govern on their behalf.
  9. 22. An area in which one lives defined by climate, resources, etc.
  10. 25. Established to protect lives and property.
  11. 26. The ability to walk on two feet.
  12. 30. A specific task or trade.
  13. 32. Eventually conquered the Greeks.
  14. 34. Term referring to European based civilizations and later countries.
  15. 36. Period of extreme cold in the Earth’s geological past.
  16. 39. Allowed humans to expand their diets and work with metals.
  17. 40. Three important Greek philosophers.
  18. 41. The rivers that allowed Sumerian civilization to develop.
Down
  1. 1. Innovations that allow humans to produce work or goods faster and more efficiently.
  2. 2. The study of the unwritten past.
  3. 3. An excess of food, supplies, and other goods.
  4. 4. Primates that walk on two feet.
  5. 5. Land mass that allowed the first people to cross from Asia to America.
  6. 7. Items that allowed humans to work more efficiently.
  7. 9. Developed as agriculture allowed people to settle in one place.
  8. 11. Bones, tools, and other physical remains left behind by people over history.
  9. 12. Communities that share common cultural traits.
  10. 13. Type of government in which people govern themselves.
  11. 14. Early writing system in which symbols represented sounds and words pressed into clay tablets.
  12. 15. Limited in supply or availability.
  13. 19. One of the first true civilizations, located in the Middle East.
  14. 21. Developed as a need to record historical events, business transactions, etc.
  15. 23. Scientific name for the human species.
  16. 24. The area in which the Sumerian and other early civilizations developed.
  17. 27. The adaptation of wild plants and animals to human needs.
  18. 28. Term for the first human inhabitants of the Americas.
  19. 29. This development allowed humans to survive in colder climates.
  20. 31. Group of people that share values, traditions, and practices.
  21. 33. Term referring to the traits shared by people from a common ancestry.
  22. 35. People who hunt wild game and obtain resources from their environment to survive.
  23. 37. The direct genetic ancestors of human beings.
  24. 38. The two most powerful Greek city-states.