World History Crossoword - Vocab #1

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  1. 3. This was a form of righting used in the Middle East from 3100 B.C. to 2nd Century AD. It was mainly made up of pictures/symbols.
  2. 9. This era is defined by humans making stone tools.
  3. 10. A type of culture that is heavily reliant on the hunting of animals, along with the gathering of natural resources.
  4. 13. This item is made by humans, in any place or time, but is usually of historical importance and interest.
  5. 15. This era is the period of time in human history before the invention of writing, meaning that nothing could be documented before then.
  6. 19. This period of time began around 10,000 BC, when humans began settling down into larger settlements.
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  1. 1. This era occured after the Paleolithic. Humans started settlements, became more agriculturally dependent, and became more interested in the arts.
  2. 2. This people were trained in the writing or copying of important documents.
  3. 4. A picture that conveys certain words or ideas, such as the Eygptian hieroglyphs.
  4. 5. An area in the Middle East that was more fertile than the rest of the region, due to it being surrounded by the Mediterrean basin, the Persian Sea, and the Red Sea.
  5. 6. Any society/settlement that has a large population, a shared language, a government, a surplus in resources, and a division of labor.
  6. 7. People would do this to wild animals in order to better suit them for human needs/consumption.
  7. 8. This is the branch of science in which objects/materials from the past are studied in order to learn more about ancient history.
  8. 11. This monument, being located in England, is composed of multiple stacked stones that form a circle. The creators of this monument is still debated.
  9. 12. This term simply means to arrange a set of laws and rules into a code.
  10. 14. These people were skilled in certain crafts(like masonry and carpenters).
  11. 16. Large rectangular pyramids that were built in Mesopotamia as a stairway to the gods.
  12. 17. Every single modern human species is defined as this term. It is latin for "wise man."
  13. 18. The social practices, beliefs, and behaviors of certain groups.
  14. 19. These people moved around often in order to find resources(similar to hunter-gatherers)before the Neolithic Revolution