China, Nubia, Sumeria, Egypt, etc.
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| 84910157 | Civilization | Cities that served as administrative centers, apolitical sytem based on control of a defined territory rather than on kinship connections | 0 | |
| 84910158 | Culture | Learned patterns of action and expression | 1 | |
| 84910159 | History | The development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices and events are the subject of history. | 2 | |
| 84910160 | Stone Age | Lasted 4000 years. Marked by Stone Tools. A misleading labels. | 3 | |
| 84910161 | Paleothic | (Old Stone Age) lasted until 10,000 years ago, about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age. | 4 | |
| 84910162 | Neolithic | (New Stone Age) associated with the origins or agriculture. | 5 | |
| 84910163 | Foragers | Hunting and Gathering People | 6 | |
| 84910164 | Megaliths | (meaning "big stones") Seem to relate to religious beliefs. To sum it up they're big ass worshipping stones. | 7 | |
| 84910165 | Sumerians | The written record begins with these guys and marks the division, by some definitions, between pre-history and history. | 8 | |
| 84910166 | Semitic | a family of languages spoken in parts of western Asia and northern Africa. They include the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician of the asian world and the Arabic of today.) | 9 | |
| 84910167 | Hammurabi ref. Babylon | Famous for Hammurabi's famous law code. "An eye for and eye." | 10 | |
| 84910168 | Scribe | A male administrator or scholar charged with reading and writing tasks. | 11 | |
| 84910169 | Ziggurat ref. Mesopotamia | a multistory, mud-brick, pyramid-shaped tower approached by ramaps and stairs. | 12 | |
| 84910170 | Amulets ref. Mesopotamia | small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil. | 13 | |
| 84910171 | City-State | self-governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled. | 14 | |
| 84910172 | Cuneiform ref. Mesopotamia | Wedge Shaped writing. Has several hundred signs. Composed of different Strokes and Wedges made by a sharpened reed into a moist clay tablet. | 15 | |
| 84910173 | Pharaoh ref. Egypt | Egyptian King. Considered god on earth. | 16 | |
| 84910174 | Ma'at ref. Egypt | the divinely authorized order of the universe. | 17 | |
| 84910175 | Pyramid ref. Egypt | a series of stone platforms laid one on top of the other-atsqqara, near Memphis, Rulers of the Fourth Dynasty, filled in the steps of Djoser's tomb to create the mooth-sded, limestone pyramids that most often symbolize ancient Egypt. | 18 | |
| 84910176 | Memphis ref. Egypt | Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. | 19 | |
| 84910177 | Thebes ref. Egypt | Capital of Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdom periods. | 20 | |
| 84910178 | Hieroglyphics ref. Egypt | the earliest form of this system, featured picture symbols standing for words, syllables, or individual sounds. | 21 | |
| 84910179 | Papyrus ref. Egypt | Writing material made from the stems of the ____ reed that grew in the Nile Marshes. | 22 | |
| 84910180 | Mummy ref. Egypt | A Dehydrated, Preserved, linen-wrapped, human body. | 23 | |
| 84910181 | Indus Valley | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are __________ Civilizations. | 24 | |
| 84910182 | Loess ref. China | Yellow Soil that makes the Huang Ye River Yellow a yellowish-hue. Extremely Fertile and Soft. | 25 | |
| 84910183 | Shang Period ref. China | Originated near the Huang Ye. They were a warrior aristocracy. Tang was the first Ruler. | 26 | |
| 84910184 | Divination ref. China | Ritual Sacrifices made to please the gods. Also used oracle bones and turtle shells to tell the future. | 27 | |
| 84910185 | Mandate of Heaven ref. China | Made the Emperor THE emperor. | 28 | |
| 84910186 | Confucius ref. China | A Chinese Philosopher who believed that people were originally good. | 29 | |
| 84910187 | Han Fei ref. China | A Chinese Philosopher that believed that people were originally bad. | 30 | |
| 84910188 | Daoism ref. China | A Teaching urging people to "Live in Harmony with Nature," and follow their own "Dao" or path. | 31 | |
| 84910189 | Yin ref. China | The part of the yin/yang sign that is female and means moon, passive, shaded, and reflective. | 32 | |
| 84910190 | Yang ref. China | The part of the yin/yang sign that is male and means sun, active, bright, and shining. | 33 | |
| 84910191 | Kush ref. Egypt | Capital of Kerma. One of the earliest urbanized cities in Nubia | 34 | |
| 84910192 | Meroe ref. Nubia | Egyptian capital after he collapse of it's authority in Nubia. Nubians ruled Egypt from Meroe. | 35 | |
| 84910193 | Olmec | The most influential early Mesoamerican civilization. Famous for it's big-assed carved heads. Or "Megaliths." | 36 | |
| 84910194 | Chavin | One of the most impressive South American early urban civilizations. It's capital is _____ de Huantar. | 37 | |
| 84910195 | Llamas ref. Chavin | helped move production along in Chavin because they could carry heavy loads. | 38 | |
| 84911586 | Agricultural Revolution ref. Neolithic | The Adoption of growing animals for food and cultivating plants. | 39 | |
| 84911587 | Holocene | The Great Warming of the Earth after the Ice Age. | 40 |
