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| 204333699 | How did the societies develop in pre-history? | Hunting gathering, Agriculture, Complex Socities | 0 | |
| 204333700 | What was the key issue in pre-history? | Surplus capital | 1 | |
| 204333701 | When did the first complex society form? | 3500-500 BC | 2 | |
| 204333702 | Pre-history | the time before there were any written records | 3 | |
| 204333703 | What were the main differences between Hominids and Animals(4)? | adapt environment to themselves, use of tools, language, and complex cooperative social structures | 4 | |
| 204333704 | What was the order of evolution? | Australopithecus, Homo erectus, Homo Sapien, Homo Sapien Sapien | 5 | |
| 204333705 | Paleolithic Age | "Old Stone Age"; the people were nomadic and hunted and gathered for food | 6 | |
| 204333706 | Neandertal | Hunting and Gathering people who lived in east Germany, Africa, and East Asia | 7 | |
| 204333707 | Cro-Magnon | The closest Hominid of a current human; had an increased variety of tools and brain | 8 | |
| 204333708 | Venus Figurines | mini sexual figures of the Cro-Magnon expressing their interest in fertility | 9 | |
| 204333709 | Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"; the time of the agricultural transition | 10 | |
| 204333710 | Agricultural Transition | the gradual change from hunting and gathering to agriculture; allowed for complex society and stable, settled communities | 11 | |
| 204333711 | Catal Huyuk | one of the major settlements of the Neolithic Age, in present day Turkey (Anatolia) | 12 | |
| 204333712 | Metallurgy | forming weapons and tools out of metal substances, started with copper | 13 | |
| 204333713 | What are the 5 characteristics of Civilizations? | record keeping, advanced cities, specialized labor, advanced technology, and complex social institutions | 14 | |
| 204333714 | Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, had fertile soil and was an ideal place for agriculture | 15 | |
| 204333715 | Sumer | Earliest Mesopotamian society; had city-states and dominated public affairs in Mesopotamia | 16 | |
| 204333716 | Epic of Gilgamesh | best known reflective literature, compiled 2000 B.C., explored meaning of life and death | 17 | |
| 204333717 | Hammurabi | "ruler of the four corners of the world", King of Babylon in 18th century B.C., First law giver | 18 | |
| 204333718 | Sargon of Akkad | Creator of the first Empire in Mesopotamia, destroyed city-sates one by one, (2370-2315 B.C.E.), empire collapsed 2150 B.C.E | 19 | |
| 204333719 | Nebuchadnezzar | (605-562 B.C.E) Emperor during the New (Chaldean) Empire in Babylon, lavished wealth on Babylon, built hanging gardens, | 20 | |
| 204333720 | Kings Saul, David, Solomon | the three kings who united the tribes of Israel at its height; conquered the land between Syria and the Sinai Peninsula | 21 | |
| 204333721 | Lex Talionis | the main rule of Hammurabi's code; an eye for an eye | 22 | |
| 204333722 | Hammurabi's Code | Laws written by Hammurabi which established high standards of behavior and stern punishments for violators | 23 | |
| 204333723 | Assyrians | A hardy people from the northern Mesopotamia who had built a compact state in the Tigris river valley during the nineteenth century B.C.E. who used recently made iron weapons to strengthen their army. | 24 | |
| 204333724 | Cuneiform | A writing system that depends on pictures that is useful for purposes like keeping records made by using a stylus fashioned from reed to impress symbols into wet clay. | 25 | |
| 204333725 | Hebrews/Jew/Israelites | The first people to introduce a monotheistic religion. | 26 | |
| 204333726 | Torah | A book created between 800 and 400B.C.E. by Israelite leaders that is compiled of religious teachings and laws | 27 | |
| 204333727 | Phoenicians | People who occupied a narrow coastal plain between the Mediterranean Sea and the Lebanon Mountains who spoke a Semitic Language and referred to themselves as Canaanites. They built some of the best ships of their time and excelled in sea trade | 28 | |
| 204333728 | Indo-Europeans | People who came from north of Anatolia who spoke a similar language that has common roots of many languages of Europe today. They were the first people to domesticate horses and migrated all over Eurasia. | 29 | |
| 204333729 | Hittites | Some of the most influential Indo-Europeans who introduced war chariots and refined metallurgy of Iron | 30 | |
| 204333730 | Menes | the first Egyptian pharaoh (sometimes called Narmer) in 3100 B.C.E, he united northern and southern Egypt under one ruler; founded Memphis | 31 | |
| 204333731 | Akhenaten | (1353-1335 B.C.E.) was a monotheistic pharaoh, worshiped the sun god Aten; | 32 | |
| 204333732 | Nile | the world's longest river flowing south to north; flood plains of the Nile were used by the Egyptians and Nubians after floods to grow crops. | 33 | |
| 204333733 | Nubia | Neighboring Egyptian country (city-state), had constant fights with the Egyptians | 34 | |
| 204333734 | Kush | Nubian Kingdom (in the same area); established in 2500 B.C.E. | 35 | |
| 204333735 | Pharaoh | the king of Egypt (upper and lower) | 36 | |
| 204333736 | Memphis | major Egyptian city, founded by Menes in around 3100 B.C.E.; political center of Egypt | 37 | |
| 204333737 | Hyksos | "foreign rulers"; southwest Asian invaders | 38 | |
| 204333738 | Hatshepsut | a woman empress of Egypt who was a co-ruler with her son. | 39 | |
| 204333739 | Hieroglyphics | "Holy Inscriptions"; the symbols used in Egypt especially on temples | 40 | |
| 204333740 | Amon-Re | the principal gods in ancient Egypt; Amon was the air god, Re was the sun god | 41 | |
| 204333741 | Osiris | the god of the underworld in Egypt; decided whether the deceased deserved immortality or not | 42 | |
| 204333742 | Archaic period | the period of time in the first millennium when the pharaoh's power was the greatest | 43 | |
| 204333743 | The Old Kingdom (2600-2160 B.C.E.) | The time in which the pyramids were built and when men were first discovering divine beings such as gods and were starting to worship them | 44 | |
| 204333744 | The Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B. C.E.) | The time when Hyksos invaded Egypt with horses-drawn chariots, Pharaonic authority returned, stabilized Egypt and supervised relations with neighboring lands of Nubia, North Africa, and Syria. | 45 | |
| 204333745 | The New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.E.) | Pharaohs presided over a prosperous and productive society. Agricultural surpluses supported a population of perhaps four million people as well as an army and an elaborate bureaucracy that divided responsibilities among different offices. | 46 | |
| 204333746 | What were the major Societies in South Asia? | Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Nepal | 47 | |
| 204333747 | Harrapan Society | The gift of the Indus; built by the Dravidians; the two main cities were Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa (Punjab); cultivated poultry and cotton | 48 | |
| 204333748 | Mohenjo-Daro | a main city in the Harrapan society; had a regional center, trade, specialized labor, and used the grid system | 49 | |
| 204333749 | What was the reason for the fall of Harrapan? | it is unknown and mysterious | 50 | |
| 204333750 | Aryans | lighter skinned invaders from the north, had a pastoral community | 51 | |
| 204333751 | Vedas | religion of the Aryans; four main, most important was the Rig Veda; referred to dasas "enemies" | 52 | |
| 204333752 | Indra | a vicious war god of the Aryans | 53 | |
| 204333753 | Caste System | Brahmin-priests, Kshatriyas-warriors/aristocrats, vaishays-artisans, shudras-peasants | 54 | |
| 204333754 | Jati | the subcaste based on occupations and location | 55 | |
| 204333755 | Lawbook of Manu | the rules that gave the Aryan males authority over females | 56 | |
| 204333756 | Monism | the belief that all reality is ultimately one | 57 | |
| 204333757 | Hinduism | a popular Aryan religion, that had elaborate sacrifices to gods | 58 | |
| 204333758 | Sanskrit | the sacred language of the Aryans | 59 | |
| 204333759 | Upanishads | the religion of a mix between Aryans and Dravidians which stressed Samsara, Brahman, and Moksha | 60 | |
| 204333760 | Brahman | the universal soul | 61 | |
| 204333761 | Samsara | continuous reincarnation | 62 | |
| 204333762 | Karma | what you do in your previous life affects the later life | 63 | |
| 204333763 | Moksha | mystical ecstasy; end of Samsara; goal of a Hindu | 64 | |
| 204333764 | Yellow River | "China's Sorrow"; the river in China that was unpredictable | 65 | |
| 204333765 | Yangshao | the prehistoric society in China | 66 | |
| 204333766 | Xia | the first dynasty in China, it had a hereditary monarchy; organized through a village network | 67 | |
| 204333767 | Shang dynasty | the second dynasty in China; bronze metallurgy and horse-drawn chariots; burial practice | 68 | |
| 204333768 | Zhou dynasty | third dynasty in China; decentralized; "Mandate of Heaven" | 69 | |
| 204333769 | Period of Warring States | time in China when there was no sole empire and constant fighting | 70 | |
| 204333770 | Oracle Bones | a way of communication with the spirits and gods | 71 | |
| 204333771 | Olmecs | "Rubber people"; main agriculture was maize; had ceremonial centers; mysterious decline | 72 | |
| 204333772 | Mayans | 300-900 BC people of Peru with terrace farming; had huge cities | 73 | |
| 204333773 | Tikal | a major ceremonial center of the Mayans | 74 | |
| 204333774 | Chicken Itza | a major city in Maya that absorbed many captives from fighting | 75 | |
| 204333775 | Popol Vuh | the Mayan creation myth (based of maize and water) | 76 | |
| 204333776 | Chavin Cult | a mysterious religion of the Olmecs that was very popular | 77 | |
| 204333777 | Teotihuacan | a central American society of the Mayans that had extensive trade | 78 |
