Ancient Man and Mesopotamia

AGRICULTURE
ARCHAEOLOGIST
ARTIFACT
BAND
CIVILIZATION
CULTURE
DOMESTICATE
DROUGHT
EVIDENCE
EXCAVATE
EXTINCT
FOSSIL
GLACIER
GOVERNMENT
ICEAGE
INNOVATION
IRRIGATION
MIGRATION
MONARCHY
NOMAD
PREHISTORY
SCRIBE
SILT
SOCIALCLASS
SOCIETY
SUBSIST
SURPLUS
TECHNOLOGY
TRIBUTARY
ZIGGURAT

Do you know your ancient vocabulary? Here is a list of words often used when speaking about ancient man as well as the civilizations of Mesopotamia. See how many words you can find before even going through the list.

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

G E P V V W W R G F F O S S I L L F K X
F V B P L A S Y H C R A N O M V U A W C
O B M I W E Z N E F H X X S E X X Q R Q
S Y Y V R K M J S H Z I G G U R A T C N
D B J D R C W Y G O L O N H C E T S O T
Z Q F O S S S A L C L A I C O S N I N E
C V F J E N O I T A G I R R I O T E C T
D U J R R Y I R E I C A L G I A M N H Y
T U C J U R E Q S P U Y O T R N E G T D
M F L W T O R G N D X L A G R D U E E N
N D Y Q L T U D M A O V I E I O I D Y H
H E E C U S T T S E O M V V R C N A R M
Y Z L D C I L W A N H O E D O H K M A E
T A G D I H U H N Y G Y G S I L T O T T
S G K T R E C I V I L I Z A T I O N U A
I N A G G R E C X I A H K J Z I R G B V
S L J P A P N E F U V M J C Z Z C M I A
B A N D B F T A G J T C A F I T R A R C
U U A A X V X G T M F W I G Q E K E T X
S U R P L U S E N J N B Y T C N I T X E
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Answer Key for Ancient Man and Mesopotamia

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AGRICULTURE  517n
ARCHAEOLOGIST  1111ne
ARTIFACT  1818w
BAND  118e
CIVILIZATION  715e
CULTURE  715n
DOMESTICATE  1111se
DROUGHT  1413ne
EVIDENCE  1313ne
EXCAVATE  2020n
EXTINCT  2020w
FOSSIL  111e
GLACIER  148w
GOVERNMENT  1114ne
ICEAGE  815s
INNOVATION  815ne
IRRIGATION  157w
MIGRATION  1212ne
MONARCHY  152w
NOMAD  1815n
PREHISTORY  616n
SCRIBE  76nw
SILT  1414e
SOCIALCLASS  166w
SOCIETY  1414ne
SUBSIST  120n
SURPLUS  120e
TECHNOLOGY  175w
TRIBUTARY  1919n
ZIGGURAT  114e