Social Studies Vocabulary Words Puzzle

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Across
1.	The remains or imprintsof something for which there is evidence but no ginal proof.
6.	A first hand account of an event or an artifact created during the period being studied.
7.	A level platform of earth built into a hillside, usually used for farming.
8.	The passing on of history, beliefs, or customs by word of mouth.
9.	A time period stretching from 2.5 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago.
12.	To train plants or animals to be useful to people.
17.	Something born from an ancestor.
20.	A person of the Old Stone Age who met his needs by hunting animals and gathering plants.
21.	An instrument used to break and turn soil before planting crops.
22.	The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs.
24.	The period beginning 12,000 years ago and ending 6,000 years ago.
25.	The overthrow of an existing government and its replacement with another; any sudden or very great change.
26.	An object made by someone in the past.
27.	A relative from the distance past.

Down
2.	An extra supply of something, such as crops that are not needed immediately for food.
3.	To move from one place to another to live, especially a large group of people.
4.	A record of the past, based on information from primary sources.
5.	The story or record of what has happend in the past.
10.	The gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers, or water.
11.	The period before events were recorded in writing.
13.	A farming method involving the cutting of trees, then the burning of them to provide ash-enriched soil for the planting of crops.
14.	An idea or explanation of something for which there is evidence but no final proof.
15.	The study of the remains of past cultures.
16.	To carefully dig up, as in an archaeological site.
18.	The raising of crops and animals for human use,
19.	A great sheet of ice that moves slowly over a land surface.
23.	A plant or animal that no longer exists.

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