Terms : Hide Images
| 7324754096 | Paleolithic Age | The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2-2.5 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The era ended around 10,000 B.C. in Europe and the Middle East. | 0 | |
| 7324754097 | Neolithic Age | Also known as the stone age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,000-8,000 B.C. Supposedly ended between 4,500-2,000 B.C. | 1 | |
| 7324757051 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | A widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear cut and any remaining vegetation burned. Predominantly used in Central America and Mexico. | 2 | |
| 7324760549 | Neolithic Revolution | The introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the later part of the Stone Age (Neolithic Age). | 3 | |
| 7334227039 | Pastoralism | The branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock for economic reasons. Created because lack of fertile soil. Examples: tending and use of animals such as goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep. | 4 | |
| 7334227040 | Domestication | The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. Example: horses, cattle, and camels. | 5 | |
| 7334227202 | Sedentary | Tending to spend much time in one place. | 6 | |
| 7334229479 | Animism | A religious belief that focuses on the roles of the various gods and spirits in the natural world and in human events. Animist religions are polytheistic (worship of multiple gods) and have been practiced in almost every part of the world. | 7 | |
| 7334229480 | Polytheism | The belief in or worship of more than one god/goddess. | 8 | |
| 7334231787 | Foraging | Searching widely for food or provisions. | 9 | |
| 7343078544 | Fertile Crescent | Where the first civilization began (also known as mesopotamia). | 10 | |
| 7343081465 | Egalitarian societies | Gives everyone equal rights (sexes, socioeconomic, etc.) | 11 | |
| 7343082900 | Shaman | A person having some influence over spirituality. | 12 | |
| 7343085003 | Hunting and Gathering societies | Societies that rely primarily on hunting wild animals, fishing, and gathering wild fruits/berries/nuts/vegetables (egalitarian). | 13 | |
| 7343085004 | Monotheism | The belief that there is only one god. | 14 | |
| 7343089782 | Nomadic (nomads) | Wandering (a member of people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | 15 | |
| 7362420521 | Sumer | The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. | 16 | |
| 7362420522 | Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies (such as Sumer). | 17 | |
| 7362422439 | Uruk | Mesopotamia's largest and first known city with a population of about 50,000. Had walls more than 20 ft tall to protect the city. | 18 | |
| 7362422440 | Pyramids | Series of stone platforms laid one on top of the other to be used as a tomb. | 19 | |
| 7362424667 | Pharaoh | Ruler of Egypt. He was often seen as divine and part of the sun. | 20 | |
| 7373610658 | Civilization | The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced. Must have government and religion. | 21 | |
| 7373610659 | Son of Heaven | Title of the ruler of China. It acknowledges the leader's position as intermediary between heaven and earth. | 22 | |
| 7373769557 | Mandate of Heaven | The ideological underpinning of Chinese emperors, this was the belief that a ruler held authority by command of divine force as long as he ruled morally and benevolently. | 23 | |
| 7373613671 | Mohenjo Daro | Administrative center and probably the most developed city in the world. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system | 24 | |
| 7373613672 | Harappa | A village in Pakistan: site of successive cities of the Indus valley civilization (Bronze age) | 25 | |
| 7373618048 | Epic of Gilgamesh | The oldest surviving written piece of fiction dating back to about 2000 BCE in Ancient Sumer and Babylon. | 26 | |
| 7373618049 | Code of Hammurabi | A series of laws publicized at the order of King Hammurabi of Babylon. Not actually a code, but a number of laws that proclaim the king's commitment to social order. | 27 | |
| 7385797252 | Quipu | A method of writing to keep records and communicate information. | 28 | |
| 7385797253 | Patriarchal | Succession goes through the males (society controlled by men). | 29 | |
| 7385799368 | Matriarchal | Succession goes through the females (society controlled by women). | 30 | |
| 7396819120 | Hieroglyphic | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas. | 31 | |
| 7396819121 | Ziggurat | A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians (these are from Mesopotamia). | 32 | |
| 7396823278 | Metallurgy | The branch of science/technology that deals with metals (copper, bronze, and iron). | 33 |
