Across
- 3. Hierarchy Ranking of people (elites, priests, merchants, artisans, peasants, slaves) that developed as civilizations grew.
- 5. The development of cities, which created new social interactions and concentrated specialized workers.
- 8. Characterized by small, mobile foraging bands with relatively egalitarian social structures.
- 9. Revolution The shift to sedentary agriculture (c. 8000–5000 BCE), causing population growth, sedentary living, and labor specialization.
Down
- 1. A nomadic lifestyle based on herding, which created distinct nomadic social structures often in conflict with sedentary societies.
- 2. The systematic dominance of men over women in households and society, which intensified with agrarian, settled life.
- 4. A settled society with agriculture, food surpluses, and social stratification.
- 6. A small group holding high social, economic, or political status, often owning land or managing resources in early civilizations.
- 7. Groups Extended family units that were the primary social structure in foraging and early agricultural societies.
- 10. System The division of society into distinct tiers based on wealth, birth, or function.