Stone Age
Across
- 4. the scientific name for the modern human
- 5. the land bridge that connected Asia and America
- 6. a garden tool used to harvest grain
- 7. the "Middle Stone Age" where humans first used fire and spoke language
- 9. "man of skill," early hominids who used tools
- 10. early religious leaders
- 13. the "Old Stone Age" where the earliest humans lived as hunter-gatherers
- 16. the name of the oldest (almost) intact australopithecine skeleton
- 17. the largest river valley in Africa (and the world!)
- 18. those skilled in a specific craft
- 19. having more of something than what is needed
- 20. a system of making and enforcing laws
Down
- 1. the first hominids to walk on 2 feet
- 2. these hominids were known as the "upright man" and were the first to migrate out of Africa
- 3. the "New Stone Age" where the only humans left were the ones we know today
- 8. a method of filtering water from its source to where your crops are
- 11. a humanoid creature evolved from apes
- 12. the method of raising animals for resources and farming crops
- 14. a type of village that could hold as many as 5,000 people
- 15. a series of cold climates that covered the Earth from 2.4 million BC to 10,000 BC
- 16. the last name of the family who discovered most of the more prominent hominid skeletons
- 21. people who do not settle in a single place permanently