The Agricultural Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. This device is used for tilling soil.
  2. 5. Small grained plant that was domesticated in China.
  3. 8. They stayed in one place, in permanent, year-round settlements.
  4. 10. Crop essential to making bread.
  5. 12. a biological process in which the physical characteristics of wild plants and animals change as a result of human intervention.
  6. 17. The number of people in a unit of area.
  7. 18. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
  8. 20. The sea located Northwest of the Fertile Crescent
  9. 25. Large area of land that covers modern day Syria, Iran, Iraq, & Jordan.
  10. 26. The shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
Down
  1. 1. A long period of time where the overall temperature of the Earth drops drastically.
  2. 3. The ownership of what kind of goods brought respect.
  3. 4. A tool that was a landmark invention for transportation.
  4. 6. Domesticated animals used for food or other resources.
  5. 7. member of a group whose economy revolves around its herd of domesticated animals, with which the group periodically moves to find new grazing land.
  6. 9. era of the stone age sees people settling in and focusing on farming.
  7. 11. Nomadic people who hunted and gathered food.
  8. 13. These animals grow into modern day dogs.
  9. 14. A group of people living together, working for the common good.
  10. 15. Another name for corn.
  11. 16. Farmers chopped down trees and set fire to any remaining vegetation to make use of the land however they saw fit.
  12. 19. Deer-like animal that were often hunted in the Fertile Crescent.
  13. 21. Australian archaeologist who coined the term "Neolithic Era"
  14. 22. One of the first major cities known to man.
  15. 23. One of the major rivers that helped in the creation of the Fertile Crescent (found in Egypt)
  16. 24. Created from clay or mud & were used to store food.