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| 4881699414 | Tigris and Euphrates | Two main rivers that run through the fertile crescent. This is were the earliest complex societies were thought to have existed. The flooding of the two rivers was unpredictable. | 0 | |
| 4881701897 | Mesopotamia | Means "land between two rivers" | 1 | |
| 4881705241 | Fertile crescent | Fertile strip of land that runs across the Mesopotamia region. | 2 | |
| 4881705242 | Carthage | Colony established by Phoenicians later become dominant empire in eastern Mediterranean. | 3 | |
| 4881727210 | Sahara | Largest desert in northern Africa | 4 | |
| 4881761023 | Kalahari | Desert in sub-Saharan Africa. | 5 | |
| 4881761024 | Nile River | long river provided fertile soil for Egyptians and the flooding was predictable. | 6 | |
| 4881759421 | Desertification | process of semi-arid land becoming dessert. Causing migration of Sudanic people in 5000 B.C.E. | 7 | |
| 4881759422 | Indus River valley | Home of Harappan/Dravidian people flooding was unpredictable but provided alluvial plain | 8 | |
| 4881759423 | Environmental degradation | Overuse of available resources led to migration or downfall of societies. | 9 | |
| 4881759424 | Deforestation | Clearing of forests | 10 | |
| 4881759425 | Huang He | Another name for yellow river | 11 | |
| 4881759426 | Chiang Jiang | another name for Yangtze river. Used for economic growth and connected to the east sea. | 12 | |
| 4881759427 | Loess | Light colored soil caused excessive build often led to flooding | 13 | |
| 4881758422 | Mesoamerica | term used to describe areas of central and south America BEFORE THE INVASION OF THE SPANISH | 14 | |
| 4881758423 | Maize | Corn staple crop of the maya | 15 | |
| 4881758424 | Oceania and Polynesia | Islands of central and s. pacific ocean | 16 | |
| 4881754164 | Abraham | 17 | ||
| 4881757542 | Obsidian | glass used for weapons and tools | 18 | |
| 4881757543 | Slash-burn agriculture | burning and slashing of fields in preparation of farming | 19 | |
| 4881757544 | Division of labor | system managing labor division for optimal production | 20 | |
| 4881757545 | Barter | to trade | 21 | |
| 4881752509 | Aten | name of sun god under cult of Akhenaton. forced into one of first monotheistic religions known to exist | 22 | |
| 4881757546 | polytheistic | belief of more than one god | 23 | |
| 4881757547 | Ziggurats | tiered temples built by Sumerians for political and religious purposes. built in Mesopotamia | 24 | |
| 4881757548 | Astronomy | Studying of stars and planets in ancient world | 25 | |
| 4881757549 | Astrology | study of stars and planets influence on human affairs | 26 | |
| 4881755786 | Hebrews | nomads left Ur. Monotheistic | 27 | |
| 4881755787 | Israelites | Hebrews who established kingdom of Israel. | 28 | |
| 4881748366 | Papyrus | Paper made of papyrus reeds | 29 | |
| 4881748367 | Book of the Dead | Book incantations used for the journey into the after life. | 30 | |
| 4881748368 | Indo-European | Refers to the group of people in Southwest Asia that spoke various Indo-European languages. | 31 | |
| 4881748369 | Sanskrit | The written language of the Aryans | 32 | |
| 4881748370 | Rig-Veda | Part of the Vedas | 33 | |
| 4881748371 | Upanishads | Teachers of Hinduism that supports the Vedas and also a book written between the 8th and 6th centuries B.C.E. about the unity of Brahman and Atman | 34 | |
| 4881748372 | Pictographs, glyphs | symbols, drawings used to represent language | 35 | |
| 4881747167 | Austronesian speakers | Those who speak austronesian languages. Malayan, Indonesian, Filipino, Polynesian | 36 | |
| 4881747162 | Moche | River where the Mochica state emerged. | 37 | |
| 4881747163 | Huaca del Sol | An abode brick temple of Mochica civilization | 38 | |
| 4881745817 | Ayllus | Traditional communities divided along clan lines | 39 | |
| 4881926025 | Huaca de la Luna | Large adobe structure built by the Moche People of Peru | 40 | |
| 4881745800 | Teotihuacan | Thriving city of Mayan civilization and later Aztec civilization | 41 | |
| 4881745801 | Maya | Things that cloud the mind or the heirs of Olmec civilization | 42 | |
| 4881745802 | Mayan | Things related to Mayan culture | 43 | |
| 4881745803 | Mother Civilization | Place of origin before colonization took place | 44 | |
| 4881744666 | Classic Period | A time in which most cultural flourishment happens | 45 | |
| 4881744654 | Caracol | An observatory tower used to study the stars | 46 | |
| 4881744655 | Chiche'n Itza' | Major city of Mayan civilization. | 47 | |
| 4881744656 | Patriarchal | Male dominated society | 48 | |
| 4881744657 | Clans | Groups of people that are descended from the same ancestors | 49 | |
| 4881743509 | Feudalism | A social, political, and economic system that relies on the interdependency of all levels | 50 | |
| 4881743510 | Sumer and Sumerians | Early in inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent who built many city-states and adapted well to the river valley region of Mesopotamia | 51 | |
| 4881743511 | Uruk | One of the most important Sumerian city-states, hub of trade and administration | 52 | |
| 4881743512 | City-states | And independent urban center and the agricultural area that surrounds it . | 53 | |
| 4881743513 | King and kingdom | Single ruler who usually operates though the dynastic rule and rules over a specific region | 54 | |
| 4881743514 | Babylonians | People of the Babylonian kingdom | 55 | |
| 4881742342 | Empire | A large amount of territory under the leadership of a centralized authority | 56 | |
| 4881742344 | Phoenicians | Created an empire by monopolizing on trade goods | 57 | |
| 4881754180 | Jews | Person who worships Judaism and is of Hebrew descent. | 58 | |
| 4881754165 | Moses | Prophet of Judaism primarily author of Torah | 59 | |
| 4881741298 | Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms | Division of Egyptian history | 60 | |
| 4881741299 | Hyksos | Horse riding nomads that spoke a Semitic language, used bronze weapons and probably brought horses to Egypt | 61 | |
| 4881754166 | Ten Commandments | The law the Hebrews | 62 | |
| 4881754167 | Monotheism | belief in one god | 63 | |
| 4881741300 | Hittites | Developed iron forging/ spiked chariot wheels conquered the majority of Anatolia | 64 | |
| 4881741301 | Kush | Established by Nubians and developed bronze weapons/defeated Egyptians/ beat by assyrians and learned the art of iron metallurgy. | 65 | |
| 4881754168 | Jewish Diaspora | Stereotype of Jews with degrading jobs or who didn't stand up to anti-Semitic persecution. | 66 | |
| 4881741302 | Axum | Christian kingdom in Africa below Egypt | 67 | |
| 4881754169 | Theocrats | Person who rules or supports theocracy | 68 | |
| 4881752510 | Mummification | Practice of preparing the body for the after life. | 69 | |
| 4881741303 | Dravidians | Those residing in the Indus River valley prior to aryan migration | 70 | |
| 4881741304 | Harappa | City and major trade center of the Harappa civilization | 71 | |
| 4881752511 | Aryans | Nomadic herders who migrated to the Indus river valley | 72 | |
| 4881738536 | Mohenjo-Daro | Major city and trade center of Harappan civilization | 73 | |
| 4881752512 | Hindi | Language of India | 74 | |
| 4881752513 | Vedas and Vedic age | Vedas is the book of poems and hymns about the Vedic age. A time when Aryans and the Dravidians culture constantly clashed | 75 | |
| 4881738537 | Chavin Civilization | Located in South America and was a pre-inca civilization | 76 | |
| 4881738538 | Olmec | Early mesoamericana society that created a strong foundation of agriculture and religion for the maya to follow | 77 | |
| 4881750979 | Brahmin | Priests | 78 | |
| 4881738539 | Easter Island | An island in the S. Pacific belonging to Chile/ is home to large monolithic statues that are still a mystery | 79 | |
| 4881750980 | Brahma | The creator god | 80 | |
| 4881738540 | Aboriginals | Original or earliest known people of Australia | 81 | |
| 4881750981 | Dharma | Right law or right action | 82 | |
| 4881750982 | Karma | Belief that your actions carry on to your next life. | 83 | |
| 4881738541 | Tribute | Payments made To another nation for protection | 84 | |
| 4881750983 | Moksha | state of changeless bliss | 85 | |
| 4881738542 | Hammurabi | Proclaimed to have created the most complete set of formal written law code in Babylon | 86 | |
| 4881737425 | King Menes | Started pharaonic rule in Egypt after unifying the region in 3100B.C.E. | 87 | |
| 4881749597 | Ancestor veneration | worshipping of ancestors and believing that they play an active role in the lives of humans. | 88 | |
| 4881749598 | Golden Age | Time period in which most cultural flourishment happens | 89 | |
| 4881737426 | Pharaoh | King ruler of Egypt beloved to be an extension of the sun god | 90 | |
| 4881737427 | Akhenaton | Amenhotep IV changed his name to Aten | 91 | |
| 4881749599 | Scribes | position requires the documentation of formal and informal records. | 92 | |
| 4881736095 | Ramses the Great | Ramses II/3rd Pharaoh of the 19th dynasty / created monuments all over Egypt | 93 | |
| 4881749600 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem that provides many details about ancient life in Sumeria | 94 | |
| 4881736096 | Xia Dynasty | First documented dynasty in china founded Yu | 95 | |
| 4881749601 | Cuneiform | Wedge shaped system of writing believed to be the oldest in the world. | 96 | |
| 4881736097 | Shang Dynasty | 1st documented dynasty with a centralized rule, Known for bronze casting and monopolizing the copper and tin ores | 97 | |
| 4881749602 | Alphabetic script | A form of writing that uses an alphabet instead of pictographs or ideographs | 98 | |
| 4881736098 | Mandate of heaven | Impersonal law of nature the belief that the heavens determines who rule based on virtue | 99 | |
| 4881749603 | Hieroglyphics | Sacred writings or priests carvings. Used for formal writing in egypt | 100 | |
| 4881736099 | Zhou Dynasty | Longest lasting Chinese dynasty | 101 |
