Across
- 2. A special group of people who had more power and an easier life than most other people.
- 5. Early civilizations followed the belief in many gods.
- 8. Early civilizations developed in ______ _______.
- 11. This leader developed a system of 282 laws.
- 13. The few elite are at the top while laborers were at the bottom.
- 14. Most punishments under Hammurabi's code were very ___ compared to today.
- 15. Civilization on Indus River, near modern day India.
- 17. Civilization on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern day Iraq.
- 20. A government controlled by a small group of people is said to have a centralized _____.
- 23. Mesopotamia was located between the Euphrates and _______ rivers.
- 24. Intensification led to new ______.
- 25. More food, more people, more resources, more technology, more problems, more solutions, faster rate of change.
- 26. Civilization on the Yellow River in modern day China
- 28. A social institution that provides a system of leaders.
- 30. These people kept written records for the civilization.
- 31. Farming and raising animals were common activities in this kind of civilization.
Down
- 1. Intensification created a need to settle _______.
- 2. Civilization on Nile River in modern day Egypt.
- 3. The location of your civilization determines it's success in growing food.
- 4. Civilizations grew in the _____ latitudes because that's where the climate was best.
- 6. With the growth of civilizations there was a need to develop new ____ for people to follow.
- 7. Hammurabi's Code of laws was based on the concept of an __ __ __ __.
- 9. Rivers provide, water, fertilizer and _______.
- 10. These are ideas that advanced civilizations include as important parts of their culture.
- 12. A system of writing developed in Egypt that used small pictures as symbols.
- 16. Since not everyone needed to be a farmer, others could learn special skills.
- 18. A system of writing developed in Mesopotamia.
- 19. One purpose of Hammurabi's code was to prevent people from commiting _____.
- 21. More food = more people = the need for more ______.
- 22. This development helped civilizations keep track of laws.
- 27. There were ______river valley civilizations.
- 29. Food and goods were used to _____ people wages.
