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This 19-word vocabulary word search covers key terms in the study of early human societies for Grades 6–8. Hidden words include agriculture, archaeologists, migration, megafauna, and domestication, spanning migration patterns, archaeological methods, and technological development. Use it as a chapter vocabulary warm-up, a social studies assessment tool, or as a template for reviewing other units on human history.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Anthropology
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated September 2020

Word List

  • AGRICULTURE
  • ANTHROPOLOGISTS
  • ARCHEOLOGISTS
  • ARTIFACTS
  • CULTURE
  • DOMESTICATION
  • DROUGHT
  • FERTILE
  • FOSSILS
  • HUNTERGATHERER
  • LANDBRIDGES
  • MEGAFAUNA
  • MIGRATION
  • NOMADS
  • OASIS
  • ORALHISTORY
  • PRIMARYSOURCES
  • SECONDARYSOURCES
  • TECHNOLOGY

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