Across
- 1. one who moves from one place to place with no permanent home
- 5. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 6. an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
- 7. the first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.
- 9. the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes
- 10. an early ancestor of humans
- 12. fine particles of rock
- 14. a society marked by developed arts, sciences, governmet, and social structure
- 18. an expert who studies the past by examing objects that people have left behind
- 20. an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features
- 21. a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
- 22. an object made or used by people in the past
- 23. a craftsperson
- 25. an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircase and a shrine st the top
- 26. a Neolothic town discovered in central Turkey
- 27. something that can be used to fulfill a need
- 29. the way a region or country uses its resources to produce and sell or trade goods, and services to meet people's needs and wants
- 30. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- 31. the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
- 33. a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
- 36. a person who writes
- 38. a means of supplying land with water
- 41. a scientist who studies human developnment
- 42. the way a civilization is organized
Down
- 2. a person who makes money by selling goods
- 3. wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
- 4. before written history
- 8. the later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.
- 11. to move from one geographic region to another
- 13. a symbol that stands for an object
- 15. to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
- 16. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
- 17. ability or skill
- 19. a city that is the center of government
- 24. the business of farming, growing crops and raising animals
- 28. a characteristic of civilization that includes the belifs and behaviors of a society or group of people
- 30. writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
- 32. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 34. an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
- 35. an expert who studies and records the past
- 37. in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 39. relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
- 40. a collection of written laws and rules