The Neolithic Era

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Across
  1. 2. The act of changing the genetic makeup of both plants and animals so that they are useful to humans
  2. 4. Its invention enabled Neolithic people to begin to farm the large river valleys, despite the lack of rain by moving water away from its source
  3. 8. After the end of the last Ice Age, humans enjoyed an ___________ of food because of larger plant and animal populations
  4. 9. Became more common when humans began to live around animals
  5. 11. Its discovery brought about the revolutionary changes that marked the beginning of the Neolithic Era
  6. 12. A small tool used to cut grain
  7. 14. The second animal to be domesticated by humans
  8. 15. The surplus of food in the Neolithic Era made it possible for some people to _____ in such tasks as making tools or engaging in trade
  9. 17. A Neolithic invention, it helped to prepare the soil for the planting of crops
  10. 18. A cross between two types of plants or animals
Down
  1. 1. Made necessary by the challenge of storing food, it was first made by hand out of clay
  2. 3. Farmers do this to the environment much more than foragers
  3. 5. Made of mud or clay, they were used in the construction of permanent homes
  4. 6. This kind of lifestyle was adopted during the New Stone Age as people made permanent settlements
  5. 7. When crops fail, humans are in danger of experiencing this
  6. 10. An amount of something that is more than what is needed at a given time
  7. 13. Mr. Lamkin's hair can be described this way
  8. 16. Farming was more _______ than foraging because it provided more calories with less work