Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a symbol showing the cardinal directions
  2. 6. Half of the Earth as divided by the equator, or the prime meridian
  3. 8. the first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.
  4. 10. something that can be used to fulfill a need
  5. 14. An imaginary line of longitude around the middle of a planet
  6. 15. a small description of the symbols used.
  7. 17. An imaginary latitude line around the middle of a planet
  8. 18. an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
  9. 19. a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey
  10. 21. relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
  11. 22. a measure of how far north or south a place on Earth is from the Equator
  12. 23. to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
Down
  1. 1. an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind
  2. 2. an expert who studies and records the past
  3. 3. the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
  4. 5. an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features
  5. 7. a measure of how far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian.
  6. 9. the later part of the Stone age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.
  7. 11. one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
  8. 12. before written history
  9. 13. the ratio of distance on the map to the distance on the ground.
  10. 16. an object made or used by people in the past
  11. 20. the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals