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  1. 3. a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
  2. 4. before written history
  3. 7. a scientist who studies human development
  4. 12. writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  5. 13. wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
  6. 16. a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
  7. 18. an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features
  8. 20. something that can be used to fulfill a need
  9. 26. to move from one geographic region to another
  10. 27. the way a civilization is organized
  11. 28. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
  12. 31. the later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.
  13. 35. the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants
  14. 36. a means of supplying land with water
  15. 37. fine particles of rock
  16. 38. relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
  17. 39. the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes
  18. 40. an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
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  1. 1. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government(1 word w/ a "-")
  2. 2. in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  3. 3. a collection of written laws and rules (3 words)
  4. 4. the first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E
  5. 5. a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey (for 2 words, no space, first word is capital, second is not)
  6. 6. ability or skill
  7. 8. an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
  8. 9. an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
  9. 10. a symbol that stands for an object
  10. 11. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
  11. 14. an expert who studies and records the past
  12. 15. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
  13. 17. a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
  14. 19. an object made or used by people in the past
  15. 21. a city that is the center of government
  16. 22. the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
  17. 23. an early ancestor of humans
  18. 24. an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind
  19. 25. to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
  20. 29. a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure
  21. 30. a person who makes money by selling goods
  22. 32. the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
  23. 33. a person who writes
  24. 34. a craftsperson