Introduction to World Civilizations
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
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p
r
y
A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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s
n
d
y
The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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d
a
r
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection
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e
v
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n
The sequence of events involved in the ___ development of a species or taxonomic group
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n
a
t
A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
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h
a
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence
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o
i
i
Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East
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h
u
r
Someone who hunts game
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g
t
h
g
A group of persons together in one place
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r
t
i
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n
A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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c
i
v
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A society in an advanced state of social development
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c
u
r
A group's customs, art and way of life
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m
e
d
r
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a
The largest inland sea
18.
m
e
o
o
a
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
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m
i
e
e
s
The area around the ___ Mediterranean
20.
b
o
n
The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___
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h
m
u
b
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
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e
g
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n
The ancient and now extinct language of ___ under the Pharaohs
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c
n
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o
An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia