Unit 6 The Origin of Numbers

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Across
  1. 2. The __________ used letters from their alphabet for numbers
  2. 3. n. a group of people or villagers that live together
  3. 4. n. letters, figures, or characters used to represent something else
  4. 8. The ___________ were the first people to write numbers
  5. 10. adj. very old
  6. 11. n. a record of the number or amount
  7. 12. v. to have the exact size of something
  8. 13. v. to understand completely
  9. 14. v. to cut on a surface
  10. 15. v. to have actual being; to live
Down
  1. 1. _________ counted animals they had killed.
  2. 4. n. a period in history marked by the use of stone tools and weapons
  3. 5. n. the leader of a group of people
  4. 6. _____________ made clay tokens in 9000 B.C.
  5. 7. n. moist earth; mud
  6. 8. Arabic numbers are the _____ numbers to use.
  7. 9. v. to exchange; to buy and sell
  8. 14. Numbers are used to measure and __________.
  9. 16. People from _________ invented Arabic numbers.