Georgetown ISD



Unit 1 CrosswordDown_______________________1.) People who move from place to place in search of food. (1/2)_______________________2.) Wedge-shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians. (2/3)_______________________3.) This was the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In Greek this word means “between the rivers”. (2/3)_______________________4.) The first set of laws, written down for all to see, on how the state would be govern; “eye for an eye….”. (2/4)_______________________6.) The change from nomadic to settled farming life; what do historians call it? (1/2) (Leave out “agriculture” from the answer.)_______________________8.) Government run by church leaders. (14/3)_______________________12.) The period of time before writing systems were invented. (1/1)_______________________16.) The river that Egypt depended on; where it was located. (2/1)_______________________18.) Rich soil carried by flooding rivers. (2/1)_______________________19.) The river valley civilization that developed in India developed around what river? (1/3)_______________________22.) Believing in many gods. (1/3)_______________________23.) In ancient civilizations, specially trained person who knew how to read, write & keep records. (1/3)_______________________24.) Pyramid-temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of an ancient Sumerian city-state. (2/3)Unit 1 CrosswordAcross_______________________5.) Flat, black stone that had three forms of writing (hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek); through this stone, scholars could begin to read surviving records of ancient Egypt. (2/2)_______________________7.) A set of laws that Jews believed God gave them through Moses. (2/5)_______________________9.) Spiritual leader believed to be interpreting God’s will. (2/5)_______________________10.) Complex, highly organized social order. (1/3)_______________________11.) Title of the rulers of ancient Egypt. (2/1) _______________________13.) Waterfall (2/1)_______________________14.) A.K.A. - “Yellow River”; located in China. (3/3)_______________________15.) The way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning & experience. (1/1)_______________________17.) The city in which the great pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom; they are still standing today. (2/1)_______________________20.) A government in which a king or queen exercises central power. (5/2)_______________________21.) Mesopotamia was also known as this; got its name from the dark, rich soils and golden wheat fields. (2/3)_______________________25.) Plant that grows along the banks of the Nile; used by the ancient Egyptians to make paper like material. (2/2)_______________________26.) Form of picture writing developed by the ancient Egyptians. (2/2)_______________________27.) Believing in one god. (2/5) ................
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