Across
- 2. This device is used for tilling soil.
- 5. Small grained plant that was domesticated in China.
- 8. They stayed in one place, in permanent, year-round settlements.
- 10. Crop essential to making bread.
- 12. a biological process in which the physical characteristics of wild plants and animals change as a result of human intervention.
- 17. The number of people in a unit of area.
- 18. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- 20. The sea located Northwest of the Fertile Crescent
- 25. Large area of land that covers modern day Syria, Iran, Iraq, & Jordan.
- 26. The shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
Down
- 1. A long period of time where the overall temperature of the Earth drops drastically.
- 3. The ownership of what kind of goods brought respect.
- 4. A tool that was a landmark invention for transportation.
- 6. Domesticated animals used for food or other resources.
- 7. member of a group whose economy revolves around its herd of domesticated animals, with which the group periodically moves to find new grazing land.
- 9. era of the stone age sees people settling in and focusing on farming.
- 11. Nomadic people who hunted and gathered food.
- 13. These animals grow into modern day dogs.
- 14. A group of people living together, working for the common good.
- 15. Another name for corn.
- 16. Farmers chopped down trees and set fire to any remaining vegetation to make use of the land however they saw fit.
- 19. Deer-like animal that were often hunted in the Fertile Crescent.
- 21. Australian archaeologist who coined the term "Neolithic Era"
- 22. One of the first major cities known to man.
- 23. One of the major rivers that helped in the creation of the Fertile Crescent (found in Egypt)
- 24. Created from clay or mud & were used to store food.
