Paddock WH U1 (w/o Religions) Pre-Quiz Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A large arc of rich farmland in the Middle East
  2. 2. The Chinese scholar who believed harmony results when society is organized around five basic relationships
  3. 5. the world's first system of writing - from Sumer
  4. 7. ___ Revolution: (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.
  5. 8. the period of time before written records
  6. 10. A skilled craftsperson
  7. 11. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
  8. 13. A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
  9. 14. objects made by humans
  10. 15. God's bringing forth the universe and all its inhabitants into being out of nothing
  11. 19. center for trade with a large population and an organized government
  12. 20. rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven
  13. 23. rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains and flooding
  14. 25. method of tracking important notes about a civilization
  15. 27. a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
  16. 28. ___ Institutions: a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community (government or religion)
  17. 31. People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
  18. 32. The gradual change in a species, like humans, over time
  19. 33. Applying knowledge, tools, or inventions to meet your needs
  20. 34. people who move from place to place
  21. 36. A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
  22. 37. People who have 1 job to do and they get really good/efficient at that job
  23. 38. A government controlled by religious leaders
  24. 39. A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying in order to extend the afterlife
Down
  1. 1. respect shown by children for their parents and elders
  2. 3. Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.
  3. 4. the belief that the Chinese Emperor's right to rule came from the ancestors
  4. 6. Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system.
  5. 9. Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.
  6. 12. a person who writes things down
  7. 16. belief in more than one god
  8. 17. ___ and Laetoli footprints: Prehistory Hominids
  9. 18. Combinations of simple technologies that make work more efficient
  10. 21. An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.
  11. 22. A series of rulers from the same family
  12. 24. massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities
  13. 26. a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society
  14. 29. united the kingdoms of lower and upper Egypt and created first Egyptian dynasty
  15. 30. "land between the rivers"
  16. 35. humans and other creatures that walk upright on 2 legs