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| 204310175 | Nomads | people with no permanent home; move from place to place in search of food | 0 | |
| 204310176 | Pastoral Society | A society that domesticates and herds animals as its primary source of food | 1 | |
| 204310177 | Foraging Society | Any human culture or society that depends on a combination of hunting, fishing, and gathering wild foods for subsistence. | 2 | |
| 204310178 | Domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 3 | |
| 204310179 | Food Surplus | extra food creation that allows people to engage in activities besides farming | 4 | |
| 204310180 | Job Specialization | The responsibilities of each job position are explicitly defined, and there is a precise division of labor within the organization | 5 | |
| 204310181 | Barter | exchange goods without involving money | 6 | |
| 204310182 | Civilization | a society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 7 | |
| 204310183 | Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 8 | |
| 204310184 | Ziggurat | a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 9 | |
| 204310185 | Code of Hammurabi | the set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety | 10 | |
| 204310186 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 11 | |
| 204310187 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | a Mesopotamian story that tells about the quest for immortality and the inevitability of death, and which includes a flood story similar to that of Noah's Ark. This epic is important because it illustrates the Israelites' same fear of death and desire for immortality. | 12 | |
| 204310188 | Pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian kings | 13 | |
| 204310189 | Hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 14 | |
| 204310190 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 15 | |
| 204310191 | Akhenaten | early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) | 16 | |
| 204310192 | Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro | large cities along the Indus River by 2500 BCE; running water, distinctive alphabet, and artistic forms | 17 | |
| 204310193 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 18 | |
| 204310194 | Dravidians | one of the main groups of people in India; probably descended from the Indus River culture that flourished at the dawn of Indian civilization over 4,000 yrs. ago | 19 | |
| 204310195 | Dharma | in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste | 20 | |
| 204310196 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 21 | |
| 204310197 | Chandragupta Maurya | king, founder of the Mauryan Empire | 22 | |
| 204310198 | Caste System | a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity | 23 | |
| 204310199 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | 24 | |
| 204310200 | Untouchables | lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society | 25 | |
| 204310201 | Varnas | Social classes in Indian society | 26 | |
| 204310202 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 27 | |
| 204310203 | Reincarnation | the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions | 28 | |
| 204310204 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. | 29 | |
| 204310205 | Nirvana | the lasting peace that Buddhists seek by giving up selfish desires | 30 | |
| 204310206 | Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism | 31 | |
| 204310207 | Four Noble Truths | 1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path | 32 | |
| 204310208 | Asoka | The grandson of Chandragupta, who is considered the best leader of the Mauryan Empire. | 33 | |
| 204310209 | Missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs | 34 | |
| 204310210 | Oracle Bones | animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future | 35 | |
| 204310211 | Bronze Metallurgy | gave aristocrats in the Shang dynasty power because they had a monopoly on bronze tools | 36 | |
| 204310212 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 37 | |
| 204310213 | Dynastic Cycle | the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties | 38 | |
| 204310214 | Era of Warring States | The period of Chinese history between c. 500 and 220 B.C.E. characterized by the breakdown of the central government and feudal war. | 39 | |
| 204310215 | Confucious | A Chinese philosopher of the Zhou Dynasty, developed a code of behavior based on old traditions, good behavior, and truth. | 40 | |
| 204310216 | Main Ideas of Confucianism | (1) the rectification of names, (2) the relationship between human-heartedness and righteousness and (3) knowing Ming or fate. | 41 | |
| 204310217 | filial piety | in Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors | 42 | |
| 204310218 | Dao | The proper way Chinese kings were expected to rule under the mandate of heaven. | 43 | |
| 204310219 | Legalism | strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit | 44 |
