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Grade 8 word search with mysterious places vocabulary including geoglyph, petroglyph, and archaeologists.
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This 15-word vocabulary word search for Grade 8 covers terms related to mysterious and ancient places around the world. Hidden words include geoglyph, petroglyph, solstice, and archaeologists, spanning archaeological methods and ancient phenomena. Use it as a vocabulary warm-up before reading about ancient sites, a sub-plan activity, or as part of a Grade 8 science or social-studies unit on archaeology and history.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Archaeology
Grade Level:
8th Grade
Updated December 2017

Word List

  • ASSUME
  • ASTRONOMY
  • CEREMONY
  • GEOGLYPH
  • LOGIC
  • PETROGLYPH
  • PHENOMENA
  • STATUES
  • SPIRALS
  • SOLSTICE
  • ARCHAELOGISTS
  • CEREMONIES
  • EQUINOXES
  • BASALT
  • ANNODOMINI

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