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| 216014052 | Qin Shihuangdi | * Qin emperor who built roads, a huge canal and the Great Wall; based his rule on the ideas of Legalism | 0 | |
| 216014053 | Qin Dynasty | * the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 1 | |
| 216014054 | Han Dynasty | * Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 2 | |
| 216014055 | Civil Service Exams | * Confucian exam to acquire a position in the Chinese bureaucracy | 3 | |
| 216014056 | Silk Road | * an ancient trade route between China and Europe | 4 | |
| 216014057 | 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. | 5 | |
| 216014058 | Scholar-gentry | * Chinese class created by the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. | 6 | |
| 216014059 | Polis | * a self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. The polis comprised a city, with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory. | 7 | |
| 216014060 | Sparta | * an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess | 8 | |
| 216014061 | Athens | * Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts, sciences, philosophy, democracy and architecture. | 9 | |
| 216014062 | Pericles | * Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece | 10 | |
| 216014063 | Monarchy | * an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | 11 | |
| 216014064 | Tyrant | * in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it | 12 | |
| 216014065 | Oligarchy | * a political system governed by a few people | 13 | |
| 216014066 | Democracy | * , a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 14 | |
| 216014067 | Homer | * ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) | 15 | |
| 216014068 | Philosophy | * the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | 16 | |
| 216014069 | Aristotle | * Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world | 17 | |
| 216014070 | Plato | * Student of Socrates, wrote The Republic about the perfectly governed society | 18 | |
| 216014071 | Persian Wars | Conflicts between Greek city-states and the Persian * * * Empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt through Darius's punitive expedition that failed at Marathon. Chronicled by Herodotus. | 19 | |
| 216014072 | Peloponnesian War | * a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta | 20 | |
| 216014073 | Delian League | * Pact joined in by Athenians and other Greeks to continue the war with Persia | 21 | |
| 216014074 | Alexander the Great | * Conquered and ruled an empire stretching from Macedonia to the Indus Valley | 22 | |
| 216014075 | Hellenistic | * relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization | 23 | |
| 216014076 | Cultural Diffusion | * the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 24 | |
| 216014077 | Republic | * a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 25 | |
| 216014078 | Patricians | * Powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society | 26 | |
| 216014079 | Plebians | * Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 27 | |
| 216014080 | Empire | * a group of countries under a single authority | 28 | |
| 216014081 | Julius Caesar | * A successful Roman general and famous speaker, was governor of Gaul, used army to take control of the Roman Republic, eventually becoming a dictator | 29 | |
| 216014082 | Pax Romana | * the Roman peace | 30 | |
| 216014083 | Twelve Tables | * the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 31 | |
| 216014084 | Slaves | * people who were regarded as the property of their masters | 32 | |
| 216014085 | Diocletian | * Roman emperor who was faced with military problems, when that happened he decided to divide the empire between himself in the east and Maximilian in the west. he did the last persecution of the Christians | 33 | |
| 216014086 | Constantine | * Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 34 | |
| 216014087 | Germanic Tribes | * the groups of invaders who took over the Western Roman Empire | 35 | |
| 216014088 | Jesus | * a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth | 36 | |
| 216014089 | Christians | * baptized people, followers of Jesus Christ | 37 | |
| 216019410 | New Testament | * the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other Epistles, and Revelation | 38 | |
| 216019411 | Byzantine Empire | * a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 | 39 | |
| 216019412 | Constantinople | * The capital of the eastern Roman Empire and later of the Byzantine Empire | 40 | |
| 216019413 | Justinian's Code | * an organized collection and explanation of Roman laws for use by the Byzantine Empire | 41 | |
| 216019414 | Gupta Empire | * Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 42 | |
| 216019415 | Arabic Numerals | * A written number system created during the Gupta golden age in India, then adopted by the Islamic Empire before spreading further. Used throughout western civilization today. | 43 | |
| 216019416 | Indian Ocean Trade System | A network of trade established between the Indian subcontinents and the Swahili trade cities of Eastern Africa. Patterns of monsoon winds assisted travel. Portuguese dominance in the area greatly changed the system. | 44 |
