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| 7178552477 | Americas | a large geographical region consisting of North and South America | 0 | |
| 7178552478 | Asia | The largest continent. Includes countries such as China, India, Japan, etc. | 1 | |
| 7178552479 | Australia | Smallest continent. A very isolated landmass. | 2 | |
| 7178553455 | Culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. | 3 | |
| 7178553456 | East Africa | Madagascar, Kenya, Ethiopia. Earliest forms of humanity found here. | 4 | |
| 7178553457 | Eurasia | The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia. | 5 | |
| 7178553458 | Europe | Birthplace of Western civilization. | 6 | |
| 7178553755 | Fire | The light, heat and the flame produced by burning something. | 7 | |
| 7178553756 | Hunter-Gatherer | Hunting is when you kill animals for sustenance. Gathering is when you go out and look for food such as vegetables and fruit. | 8 | |
| 7178554899 | Kinship groups | A family, clan, or other group based on kinship | 9 | |
| 7178555256 | Migration | A movement from one country or region to another. | 10 | |
| 7178555851 | Paleolithic | Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age. | 11 | |
| 7178556440 | Technology | Application of science to help people. | 12 | |
| 7178556961 | Tools | Items that aid in everyday chores. As humans grew more advanced, they built these to survive. | 13 | |
| 7178556962 | Trade | Exchange of goods and services. | 14 | |
| 7178556963 | Tropics | Warm, low-latitude areas near the equator. | 15 | |
| 7178556964 | Tundra | An extremely cold, dry biome. | 16 | |
| 7178557512 | Afro-Eurasia | A vast region made up of Africa, Europe, and Asia. | 17 | |
| 7178557513 | Agrarian societies | Societies based on farming. | 18 | |
| 7208807581 | Agricultural Revolution | Began around 12,000 years ago, where people began to settle and domesticate plants and animals. Led to the Neolithic Age. | 19 | |
| 7178557988 | Andes | The prominent mountain range of South America. | 20 | |
| 7178557989 | Artisans | Skilled workers who make goods by hand. | 21 | |
| 7178558370 | Demography | The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 22 | |
| 7178558371 | Domestication | The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food. | 23 | |
| 7178558372 | Elites | A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. | 24 | |
| 7178558373 | Erosion | Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away by things like water. Also just the stripping away of something. | 25 | |
| 7178558802 | Gender relations | The way men and women interact with each other within society. Changed drastically from the fairly equal treatment of the Paleolithic to the more male-favoring Neolithic. | 26 | |
| 7178558803 | Hierarchy | A group organized by rank. | 27 | |
| 7178559377 | Huang He River | Second longest river in China also known as the Yellow River or China's sorrow. | 28 | |
| 7178559378 | Indus River | A large river surrounded by fertile land in modern India/Pakistan. | 29 | |
| 7178559379 | Labor | Human effort directed toward producing goods and services. | 30 | |
| 7178559380 | Mediterranean | A large sea between two continents, southern Europe and northern Africa. | 31 | |
| 7178560451 | Mesoamerica | "Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America. | 32 | |
| 7178561315 | Mesopotamia | Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others. "Land between the rivers". | 33 | |
| 7178561316 | Metallurgy | The science of working with metals. | 34 | |
| 7178561317 | Neolithic | "New Stone Age". The period of human culture that began around 10,000 years ago in the Middle East and later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming, the domestication of animals, the development of crafts such as pottery and weaving, and the making of polished stone tools. | 35 | |
| 7178561732 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle. | 36 | |
| 7178561733 | Nile River | World's largest river flowing north from heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. | 37 | |
| 7178562306 | Papua New Guinea | Country with many languages. Fairly underdeveloped. | 38 | |
| 7178562307 | Pastoralist societies | A typically nomadic society focused on the tending of herds or flocks. | 39 | |
| 7178562613 | Patriarchy | Social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe. (The nuclear family is a patriarchal group led by the father.) | 40 | |
| 7178562614 | Plows | Used to dredge land in order to plant seeds; increases the efficiency of farming. | 41 | |
| 7178562615 | Pottery | The art of using clay to make containers and various sculptures. | 42 | |
| 7178563563 | Specialization | A focus on a particular activity or area of study. | 43 | |
| 7178563564 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara. | 44 | |
| 7178563948 | Urban Societies | A system in which cities are the center of political, economic, and social life. | 45 | |
| 7178563949 | Warriors | A class in society made up of fighters, meant for war. | 46 | |
| 7178564625 | Water control systems | Systems of controlling water such as irrigation and dams. | 47 | |
| 7178564639 | Wheels and wheeled vehicles | Created to be pulled by animals such as horses so heavier loads could be transported. | 48 | |
| 7178565174 | Woven textiles | Fabrics that are created by weaving many threads together. | 49 | |
| 7178565175 | Alphabets | Letters representing individual sounds; were developed between 1700 B.C. and 1500 B.C. | 50 | |
| 7178565176 | Artisanship | Being highly skilled in an area. Being an artisan in an area. | 51 | |
| 7178565479 | Arts | Methods of expression in a culture. Music, painting, sculpting. | 52 | |
| 7178565480 | Babylonia | Hammurabi's empire, capital city was Babylon. | 53 | |
| 7178565820 | Book of the Dead | Scrolls that served as a guide for the afterlife in ancient Egypt. | 54 | |
| 7178565821 | Chariots | Two wheeled vehicles pulled by a horse or other animal used for war and sport. | 55 | |
| 7178565822 | Chavin | First influential civilization in South America. An early pre-Incan civilization that flourished in northern and central Peru from about 900 to 200 BC, known for its carved stone sculptures and boldly designed ceramics. | 56 | |
| 7178565823 | Civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes. | 57 | |
| 7178566183 | Code of Hammurabi | Strict set of laws based on retribution. Eye-for-an-Eye. | 58 | |
| 7178566184 | Compound bows | Bows smaller than the normal longbow that provided more power for their size. | 59 | |
| 7178566185 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 60 | |
| 7178566968 | Defensive walls | Many early civilizations enclosed their urban centers for protection | 61 | |
| 7178566969 | Diffusion | The process of spreading a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 62 | |
| 7178566970 | Divine right | Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. | 63 | |
| 7178567308 | Egypt | Country in North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea | 64 | |
| 7178567309 | Elaborate weaving | Like other woven arts, but typically depicting a picture or series of intricate designs. | 65 | |
| 7178567579 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing. Chronicles the ultimate bad a** Gilgamesh who was basically Hercules. | 66 | |
| 7178567580 | Harappa | A large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan | 67 | |
| 7178567581 | Hebrew monotheism/Judaism | One of the first major religions to worship one god. Now one of the main religions of the world. | 68 | |
| 7178568200 | Hieroglyphs | A form of writing involving symbols to express ideas and objects. | 69 | |
| 7178568201 | Hittites | An Indo-European civilization established in Anatolia in the eighteenth century B.C.E. | 70 | |
| 7178568468 | Horseback riding | The activity of riding a horse on its back. | 71 | |
| 7178568469 | Iron weapons | Technology that the Hittites and Assyrians used in battle | 72 | |
| 7178568470 | Legal codes | A code of laws adopted by a state or nation called "a code of laws" or a "law code". | 73 | |
| 7178568987 | Literature | Any kind of printed materials, such as books, peoms, articles, and etc. | 74 | |
| 7178568988 | Local | Relating to or occurring in a particular area, city, or town. | 75 | |
| 7178568989 | Mohenjo-Daro | Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE. It was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, which developed around 3,000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture. | 76 | |
| 7178569613 | Monumental architecture | Architectural constructions of a greater than human scale. (i.e. pyramids) | 77 | |
| 7178569614 | Nubia | A region in North Africa located on the Nile river south of Egypt. | 78 | |
| 7178569615 | Olmec | Known for carving huge stone heads, they developed the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica. | 79 | |
| 7178569616 | Painting | The art of using colored oils and mixtures to create in images on a canvas. Also happened on cave walls. | 80 | |
| 7178569887 | Pictographs | Pictures that stand for words or ideas; picture writing | 81 | |
| 7178569888 | Power | The ability to control the behavior of others. Comes with status. | 82 | |
| 7178569889 | Pyramids | Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top. Created for religious purposes. | 83 | |
| 7178569890 | Quipu | Knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Inca to keep financial records. | 84 | |
| 7178570389 | Record keeping | Writing or tallying to keep track of numbers of people or goods and supplies. | 85 | |
| 7178570390 | Regional | Pertaining to one particular region. | 86 | |
| 7178570391 | Rig Veda | The Vedas are the oldest Hindu sacred texts, and the Rig Veda is the oldest of these. | 87 | |
| 7178571716 | Sculpture | Three dimensional work of art, statue. | 88 | |
| 7178571717 | Sewage and water systems | Ways of transporting dirty water out of a society. | 89 | |
| 7178572730 | Shang Dynasty | A dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC. Succeeding the Xia Dynasty, followed by the Zhou dynasty. | 90 | |
| 7178573002 | Streets and roads | Flattened earth that allows easier movement within a city. | 91 | |
| 7178573003 | Temples | Buildings devoted to religious/spiritual worship. | 92 | |
| 7178574686 | Tigris and Euphrates | The two rivers around Mesopotamia. | 93 | |
| 7178575392 | Transregional | Across regions. | 94 | |
| 7178575393 | Urban planning | A plan or thought for the design of a city. | 95 | |
| 7178575394 | Vedic religion | Early Hinduism; practiced by the Dravidians around the Ganges River Valley. | 96 | |
| 7178576042 | Wall decorations | Decorations on the walls. Came with the Neolithic age. | 97 | |
| 7178576043 | Warfare | The act of two cultures or nations fighting. | 98 | |
| 7178576044 | Ziggurats | Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 99 | |
| 7178576814 | Zoroastrianism | a Persian religion based on the belief of one god | 100 |
