WH VOCAB 1
Across
- 4. a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East where the world's first agricultural societies and early civilizations rose
- 8. a massive stepped pyramid built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 10. the critical shift in history from nomadic hunting and and gathering to settled agricultural societies
- 12. a worker who practices a trade or handicraft
- 13. of, relating to, or existing in times antedating history
- 14. the beliefs, customs, or arts, etc. of a particular social group, place, or time
- 15. a member of a people who move from place to place, usually seasonally
- 18. a simple drawing or symbol that represents something and its meaning without formal text
- 19. a professional literate person trained to read, write, copy manuscripts, and keep records
- 20. the scientific study of material remains
Down
- 1. a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hinting, fishing, and/or foraging
- 2. of, or relating to, the earliest period of the Stone Age
- 3. to adapt over time from a wild or natural state
- 5. having the shape of a wedge
- 6. The scientific name for the species known as humans
- 7. an object that shows human workmanship or modification-especially one remaining form a particular period
- 9. a prehistoric stone circle
- 11. of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age
- 16. a complex, highly organized, human society
- 17. to arrange laws, rules, or ideas into formal system