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| 2815355643 | Paleolithic | (2.5 mil to 8000 BCE) used tools made of stone and developed language and mastereed fire | 0 | |
| 2815355644 | Neolithic | (8000 to 3000 BCE) developed agriculture and people lived in villages | 1 | |
| 2815355645 | Nomadic | Small groups of hunter-gatherers; moved per climate and availability of plants and animals | 2 | |
| 2815355646 | Agricultural villages | A village built around agriculture; came after hunting and gathering | 3 | |
| 2815355647 | Bronze age | Began after Neolithic age (around 3000 BCE); they combined copper and tin to make bronze | 4 | |
| 2815355648 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 5 | |
| 2815355649 | Mesopotamia | Located in modern Iraq between Tigris and Euphrates' rivers; very fertile; high temperature and flooding | 6 | |
| 2815355650 | Cuneiform | Writing system used in the ancient Near East from around 4th millennium to 1st century BCE; made by pressing slanted edge of stylus into soft clay | 7 | |
| 2815355651 | City state | City that with its surrounding territory forms and independent state | 8 | |
| 2815355652 | Ziggurat | Sumerian temples; stepped temple built on a square or rectangular platform; had religious sanctuary on top where sacrifices occured | 9 | |
| 2815355653 | Code of Hammurabi | Code of laws set by Babylonian King, Hammurabi, who had conquered Mesopotamia; eye for an eye concept; first written down laws | 10 | |
| 2815355654 | Epic of Gilgamesh | Story of a Sumerian king of Uruk; 2 powerful men destroyed the guardian of the forest; gives insight to Sumerian culture | 11 | |
| 2815355655 | 5 regions of the world | - Americas - Africa - Europe - Asia - Oceania | 12 | |
| 2815355656 | What did humans accomplish during the Paleolithic Age? | - tools made of stone - developed language - mastered fire | 13 | |
| 2815355657 | What is the significance of the Neolithic Age? | Development of agriculture and irrigation so people began living in villages | 14 | |
| 2815355658 | What is a revolution ? | A time in history when there is a big change | 15 | |
| 2815355659 | Where were the first agricultural villages? Why did they began to settle and have the villages? | Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent); a growing population forced people to settle down and farm for a more reliable food source than nomadic hunting and herding | 16 | |
| 3538400015 | Where were the first cities | Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus Valley, Huang He/Yellow, Niger, Mexico, Andes Mtns | 17 | |
| 2815355660 | Where is the exception to the first agricultural villages? | In South Japan among the Jomon people | 18 | |
| 2815355661 | What are the characteristics of civilization? | - advanced city centers for trade - record keeping - advanced technology (irrigation) - specialized workers - complex institutions (political, economic, religious) | 19 | |
| 2815355662 | 4 ancient River valley civilizations | - The Nile - Valley of Tigris and Euphrates River - Indus Valley - The Yellow River | 20 | |
| 2815355663 | Mesopotamia social | Class levels 1) priests and kings 2) merchants and artisans 3) peasants 4) slaves | 21 | |
| 2815355664 | Mesopotamia political | Government - one King of each city-state - first there was religious leaders then temporary military leaders, but they were always at war, so they kept the king in office | 22 | |
| 2815355665 | Mesopotamia interaction | - created irrigation systems - adapted to environment by inventing new technology - had many different jobs that involved nature (artisans, merchants) | 23 | |
| 2815355666 | Mesopotamia culture | - had ziggurats in center of town with sacrifice - grow wheat and barley - had artisans | 24 | |
| 2815355667 | Mesopotamia economics | - Trade!!!! They traded agricultural and artisan products for raw materials (wood, stone, metal) Traded in Persian Gulf, along Arabian Sea, in Indus Valley, Zagros Mountains, Mediterranean Sea - made cuneiform to track trade | 25 |
