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| 4787124763 | Australopithecus | oldest known ancestor of humans | 0 | |
| 4787128342 | Homo erectus | a human-like species that stands vertically more than 3 feet tall | 1 | |
| 4787130701 | Neanderthal | early humans common during the Paleolithic Era | 2 | |
| 4787134746 | Venus figurines | small sculptures of women with exaggerated sexual features to express their interest in fertility | 3 | |
| 4787139675 | Paleolithic Era | old stone age | 4 | |
| 4787140987 | Neolithic Era | new stone age | 5 | |
| 4787145005 | permanent settlements | What happens when a society becomes agricultural? | 6 | |
| 4787148318 | Neolithic revolution | The transition to agriculture is known as what? | 7 | |
| 4787151998 | land | What mainly determined one's wealth? | 8 | |
| 4787163267 | egalitarian | During Paleolithic times, genders in society were considered what? | 9 | |
| 4787174693 | fire | What resource allowed the Homo erectus species to survive through ice ages? | 10 | |
| 4787190695 | the land between the rivers | What is Mesopotamia also known as? | 11 | |
| 4787193320 | lex talonis | law of retaliation | 12 | |
| 4787197109 | Cuneiform | wedge shaped characters used in the ancient Mesopotamian writing system | 13 | |
| 4787210287 | Epic of Gilgamesh | epic poem from Mesopotamia | 14 | |
| 4787216730 | Phoenician | member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia; devised the first alphabetic script containing 22 symbols representing consonants | 15 | |
| 4787226984 | Tigris and Euphrates | Which two rivers did ancient Mesopotamia lie between? | 16 | |
| 4787234503 | Sargon of Akkad | Minister to the King of Kish who organized a coup against him and an army which he traveled with, conquering cities (2300s BCE) | 17 | |
| 4787246654 | Hammurabi | King of the 4 quarters of the world, who ruled from Babylon and taxed citizens through officials; he created 282 laws to unify the society (1792-1750 BCE) | 18 | |
| 4787260950 | Hittites | ancient peoples of Anatolia who had iron and therefore ended the first Babylonian empire (1595 BCE) | 19 | |
| 4787277419 | Assyria | conquered northern kingdoms of Israel, used chariots, and had libraries in the cites Ninevah and Assur (1300-612 BCE) | 20 | |
| 4787296448 | Babylon | King Nebuchandnezzar ruled this empire and lavished wealth and resources on his city; conquered Jerusalem (600-550 BCE) | 21 | |
| 4787310010 | Mesopotamians | Who invented bronze? | 22 | |
| 4787312827 | Mesopotamia | What civilization discovered iron metallurgy, wheels, and a 12 month calendar? | 23 | |
| 4787333100 | Hyksos | invaders who seized the Nile delta and helped bring an end to the Egyptian Middle kingdom | 24 | |
| 4787338821 | hieroglyphs | Egyptian form of writing | 25 | |
| 4787341537 | Bantu peoples | Who populated sub-Saharan Africa? | 26 | |
| 4787346276 | Menes | conqueror who founded the city of Memphis | 27 | |
| 4787352726 | Archaic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom | Name 3 time periods used to describe the chronology of ancient Egypt | 28 | |
| 4787365381 | pharaoh, administrators, and military | Name the 3 highest social classes in ancient Egyptian society | 29 | |
| 4787372636 | polytheistic | Describe the type of religion of the people of ancient Egypt | 30 | |
| 4787375248 | Egypt and Nubia | Name 2 civilizations of the Nile River valley | 31 | |
| 4787392603 | Rig Veda | earliest and most important Veda | 32 | |
| 4787397051 | Brahmins (preists), Kshatriyahs (warriors and aristocrats), Vaishyas (cultivators, artisans, merchants), Shudras (landless peasants and serfs) | Name the 4 classes of the caste system | 33 | |
| 4787411632 | Jati | Subcaste | 34 | |
| 4787416802 | Dravidian peoples | The Harappan society was built by | 35 | |
| 4787424302 | cotton, chickens | What two things were the South Asians known for cultivating? | 36 | |
| 4787434661 | Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro | Name 2 most important south Asian cities | 37 | |
| 4787439398 | Mohenjo-Daro | What city had broad streets, a community pool, and a complex sewage system? | 38 | |
| 4787444695 | karma | the sum of a persons actions deciding their fate in future existences | 39 | |
| 4787451495 | Vedic age | the age of conflicts between Aryans and indigenous enemies, chiefdoms with rajas, and the composition of the Vedas | 40 | |
| 4787461928 | Aryans | These people depended on a pastoral economy with sheep and goats and prized horses and cattle | 41 | |
| 4787485055 | Yellow river | also known as Huang He, this river deposits fertile soil called loess and periodically floods "China's sorrow" | 42 | |
| 4787498870 | Yangshao society | a society in the middle region of the Yellow river valley, Bampo village, bronze tools (5000-3000 BCE) | 43 | |
| 4787510100 | Xia | What was the very first dynasty? (2200-1766 BCE) | 44 | |
| 4787525076 | Shang | What was the second dynasty? (1766-1122 BCE) | 45 | |
| 4787532512 | Zhou | What was the third dynasty? (1122-256 BCE) | 46 | |
| 4787551023 | Shang dynasty | Which dynasty was known for a state monopoly on bronze, horse-drawn chariots, and the capital city moving 6 times? | 47 | |
| 4787564409 | Zhou dynasty | Which dynasty was known for rule by decree (no law codes), the Mandate of Heaven, decentralization of authority, and the development of iron weaponry? | 48 | |
| 4787582740 | the Period of the warring states | internal dissention caused | 49 | |
| 4787589490 | Ruling classes, artisans and craftsmen, merchant class, semi-servile peasants, slaves | Chinese social order | 50 | |
| 4787598894 | ancestors | Chinese worshiped their | 51 | |
| 4787605071 | question written on a bone, which is heated and the cracks are examined for omens | What is an oracle bone? | 52 | |
| 4787612386 | pictograph to ideograph | Describe the evolution of Chinese script | 53 | |
| 4787622427 | Qin | Chinese dynasty marked by the first unification of China and the early construction of walls | 54 | |
| 4787635568 | steppe nomads | Peoples known for cultivation, extensive herding and trade with sedentary cultures in China | 55 | |
| 4787656886 | Yangzi | also known as the Chang Jiang, this river's valley is good for rice cultivation, and an irrigation system was developed | 56 | |
| 4787668704 | state of Chu | autonomous, challenged the Zhou dynasty, culture heavily influenced by Chinese | 57 | |
| 4787704708 | Mandate of Heaven | ancient Chinese belief/theory and philosophical idea that heaven granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well, appropriately and fairly | 58 | |
| 4787682643 | Olmec | What term means rubber people? | 59 | |
| 4787698503 | maize | What is a staple in the Mesoamerican diet? | 60 | |
| 4787717513 | turkeys and small dogs | Name 2 animals the Olmecs domesticated and ate | 61 | |
| 4787727772 | Olmec civilization | Large head sculptures are associated with which civilization? | 62 | |
| 4787778813 | terrace farming | Maya farming technique | 63 | |
| 4787789744 | chocolate, currency | What purposes were cacao beans used for? | 64 | |
| 4787801397 | Maya | Who invented the number 0? | 65 | |
| 4787811605 | they were sacrificed | What happened to losers of the ball game? | 66 | |
| 4787823925 | bloodletting, sacrifice | Name 2 rituals often performed to honor the Maya gods | 67 | |
| 4787833006 | Teotihuacan | Ceremonial city in the highlands of Mexico with extensive trade networks | 68 | |
| 4787847285 | Chavin Cult | New religion in the Central Andes that revolved around maize | 69 | |
| 4787868839 | the gods would send rain for their crops | What did the Maya believe would happen if they performed bloodletting rituals? | 70 | |
| 4787874291 | Mochica state | What state dominated Peru from 300 to 700 CE? | 71 | |
| 4787886864 | Lapita peoples | What peoples were found throughout the Pacific island, herded animals, and farmed? | 72 | |
| 4787898134 | migration | What did the land bridges and lower seas permit? | 73 | |
| 4787899806 | New Guinea | Where did Austronesian seafarers settle and introduce agriculture? | 74 | |
| 4787927026 | boomerangs, axes, nets | List 3 items the hunter-gatherers in Australia had that made it easier to bring down large animals | 75 | |
| 4787934825 | canoes | How did the Austronesian migrants reach Polynesia? | 76 | |
| 4787939062 | first African country to adopt Christianity | What is Axum? | 77 |
