Unit 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. an advanced state of development of a society as judged by such things as having a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records
  2. 7. able to produce farm crops or other plant life
  3. 8. the collection of tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures used by humans
Down
  1. 1. a region in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first early river valley civilizations started
  2. 2. a turning point in history that changed the way Paleolithic people lived their lives. People shifted from hunting and gathering for food to agriculture.
  3. 3. the world's oldest monotheistic religion which was the basis for both Christianity and Islam; Jewish people follow the Ten Commandments
  4. 4. a region in Western Asia that includes parts of northern Africa and borders the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Arabian Sea
  5. 6. the time period from 2 million B.C.E. to about 10,000 B.C.E., characterized by the use of stone tools