Across
- 6. Theory that explains the spread of human beings as a species.
- 8. People who move frequently in search of food and resources.
- 10. One of the oldest known pieces of literature.
- 16. Homer wrote these two important pieces of Western literature.
- 17. Allows humans to grow crops, raise livestock, and settle in one location.
- 18. Alternative name for the Bering Strait Land Bridge.
- 19. Developed based on people’s relative importance to their societies.
- 20. Government in which people elect others to govern on their behalf.
- 22. An area in which one lives defined by climate, resources, etc.
- 25. Established to protect lives and property.
- 26. The ability to walk on two feet.
- 30. A specific task or trade.
- 32. Eventually conquered the Greeks.
- 34. Term referring to European based civilizations and later countries.
- 36. Period of extreme cold in the Earth’s geological past.
- 39. Allowed humans to expand their diets and work with metals.
- 40. Three important Greek philosophers.
- 41. The rivers that allowed Sumerian civilization to develop.
Down
- 1. Innovations that allow humans to produce work or goods faster and more efficiently.
- 2. The study of the unwritten past.
- 3. An excess of food, supplies, and other goods.
- 4. Primates that walk on two feet.
- 5. Land mass that allowed the first people to cross from Asia to America.
- 7. Items that allowed humans to work more efficiently.
- 9. Developed as agriculture allowed people to settle in one place.
- 11. Bones, tools, and other physical remains left behind by people over history.
- 12. Communities that share common cultural traits.
- 13. Type of government in which people govern themselves.
- 14. Early writing system in which symbols represented sounds and words pressed into clay tablets.
- 15. Limited in supply or availability.
- 19. One of the first true civilizations, located in the Middle East.
- 21. Developed as a need to record historical events, business transactions, etc.
- 23. Scientific name for the human species.
- 24. The area in which the Sumerian and other early civilizations developed.
- 27. The adaptation of wild plants and animals to human needs.
- 28. Term for the first human inhabitants of the Americas.
- 29. This development allowed humans to survive in colder climates.
- 31. Group of people that share values, traditions, and practices.
- 33. Term referring to the traits shared by people from a common ancestry.
- 35. People who hunt wild game and obtain resources from their environment to survive.
- 37. The direct genetic ancestors of human beings.
- 38. The two most powerful Greek city-states.