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| 82859030 | culture | Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression. Material culture refers to physical objects such as dwellings, clothing, tools, and crafts. Also includes arts, beliefs, knowledge, and technology. | 0 | |
| 82859031 | karma | In Indian tradition, the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a 'spirit' and determines what form it will assume in its next life cycle. Used in India to make people happy with their lot in life. | 1 | |
| 82859032 | monophysite | ("one" + "nature") 400s, largely Egyptian schism from the Byzantine church. It argued that Christ had one nature (the divine); Jesus was not really human but only appeared to be. | 2 | |
| 82859033 | polis | The Greek term for a city-state, an urban center and the agricultural territory under its control. It was the characteristic form of political organization in southern and central Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. Of the hundreds in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions settled by Greeks, some were oligarchic, others democratic, depending on the powers delegated to the Council and the Assembly. | 3 | |
| 82859034 | zen | The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as chan, and in Korean as son. | 4 | |
| 89592973 | bipedalism | A form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped (pronounced /ˈbaɪpɛd/), meaning "two feet" (from the Latin bi for "two" and ped for "foot"). Types of bipedal movement include walking, running, or hopping, on two appendages (typically legs). | 5 | |
| 89592974 | First Temple | A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh. The Temple priesthood conducted sacrifices, received a tithe or percentage of agricultural revenues. | 6 | |
| 89592975 | hieroglyphics | the ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds. | 7 | |
| 89592976 | Mahabharata | A celebrated epic poem of the Hindus. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India. | 8 | |
| 89592977 | Roman Principate | A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. | 9 | |
| 89592978 | Stone Age | The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age and more generally by the Iron Age. | 10 | |
| 89592979 | tribute system | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. | 11 | |
| 89592980 | Babylon | The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. | 12 | |
| 89592981 | Meroë | An ancient city along the Nile river between present day southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Despite flourishing wealth, the city and it's people seemingly vanished. The site of the former town was discovered in 1812. | 13 | |
| 89592982 | Thebes | an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC | 14 | |
| 89592983 | australopithecine | Any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus | 15 | |
| 89592984 | Druid | a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland | 16 | |
| 89592985 | hominid | a primate of the family Hominidae. Ex. chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, and orangutans | 17 | |
| 89592986 | Moche | Civilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 C.E.). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples. | 18 | |
| 89592987 | Ptolemies | One of the regoinal dynasties that followed the death of Alexander the Great; founded in Egypt | 19 | |
| 89592988 | Socrates | philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method | 20 |
