NMI History Vocabulary: Chapter 3

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Across
  1. 2. A method of dating objects that were not once living by dating other objects found at the same level underground
  2. 5. A group of related languages spoken by people who originated in SouthEast Asia a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
  3. 6. family descent or lineage
  4. 7. Islands in the Pacific including Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia
  5. 9. A coming to existence or root; beginning
  6. 10. A pillar of stone used to build houses
  7. 11. The science of raising bees to collect honey
  8. 12. A scientist who studies humans
  9. 14. An object made or modified by prehistoric humans
  10. 16. A house built on posts, usually made of logs, to raise the house off the ground
  11. 17. A type of red clay found int eh Marianas an used by the Ancient Chamorros to make pottery
  12. 18. An ancient land mass which would have included Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Celebes, and the Philippines
  13. 20. Pressure on a plant or animal populations caused by the environment
  14. 23. A person skilled in foreign languages
  15. 24. Consisting of the countries south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea, and north of Australia
  16. 25. The branch of anthropology that studies the physical remains of people
  17. 28. A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument
  18. 29. The time before written history
Down
  1. 1. A scientific method of dating once-living things based on the fact that radioactive carbon 14 decays at a fairly regular rate
  2. 3. The study of the cultures of people
  3. 4. To uncover or expose by digging
  4. 5. The study of the language of humans
  5. 8. Denoting the period before written records
  6. 13. A person or animal that lives in some specified region or dwelling
  7. 15. The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania,
  8. 19. The complete scientific name of modern humans
  9. 21. The study of the remains of ancient people
  10. 22. The usual practice or habitual ways of behaving
  11. 26. Uninterrupted flow
  12. 27. A person who guides or controls the course of a vessel or a vehicle