A Trip Back in Time: Early and Ancient Civilizations

For extra credit choose 20 of the following vocabulary words.  Find the definition of those words.  For every word past 20 that you complete extra credit will be given. :)

1. ancient (ancestor)
2. civilization (civilize, civilian)
3. culture (cultural)
4. society (social)
5. population (populated, populate, popular)
6. religion (religious)
7. ceremony (ceremonial)
8. migrate (migration)
9. settlement (settle, settler)
10. village (villager)
11. fossil (fossilized)
12. evidence
13. archaeologist (archaeology, archaeological)
14. excavate (excavation)
15. ancestors (ancient)
16. prehistory / history (historical)
17. timeline
18. geography
19. landforms
20. continent
21. coast (coastline, coastal)
22. island
23. mainland
24. peninsula
25. mountain (mountainous)
26. valley
27. plain
28. plateau
29. climate
30. tropical (tropics)
31. temperate (temperature)
32. trade (trader)
33. trade routes
34. land and sea routes
35. economy (economic)
36. agriculture (agricultural)
37. farmer (farm, farmland)
38. crops
39. livestock
40. domesticate (domestic)
41. hunter (hunt (ed, s, ing))
42. merchant
43. market (marketing)
44. import (importer, portable, porter, transport)
45. export (importer, portable, porter, transport)
46. invade (invasion, invader)
47. conquer (conquered, conquest)
48. military
49. kingdom (king)
50. empire (emperor)
51. dynasty (dynamite, dinosaur)
52. city-state
53. scribe (script, inscribe, inscription)
54. govern (governor, government)
55. republic (republican)
56. monarchy (monarch)
57. dictator / dictatorship (dictate)
58. band
    
59. hunter-gatherer
    
60. migration
    
61. nomad
    
62. extinct
    
63. glacier
64. agriculture
    
65. livestock
    
66. society
    
67. ancestors
    

Extra Extra Credit:

Vocabulary Word Scramble

Early Civilizations

Vocabulary Word Scramble and Definitions:  Unscramble the vocabulary words below and write their definition. (Do this on a separate sheet of paper to turn in to your teacher.)

The vocabulary word list to choose from:  citadel, hieroglyphics, cataract, papyrus, delta, dynasty, migrate, agriculture, sanskrit, Vedas, ancestors

1.           SPYAURP:

2.           GAMIRTE:

3.          LEDATIC:

4.          ADTEL:

5.           GARTICLUERU:

 6.          YYADTSN:

 7.          RGYHHOCSEIILP:

 8.          JNHOOME ROAD:

 9.          AKRTSSNI:

 10.        RNATCSESO:

 11.        SADVE: