| 4866700957 | Paleolithic Era | "Old Stone Age", long period of human development before agriculture | | 0 |
| 4866700958 | Neolithic Era | "New Stone Age", discovery and cultivation of agriculture | | 1 |
| 4866700959 | Periodization | categorization of human history into time periods.
BCE & CE- Before Common Era & Common Era
BC & AD - Religious time phrasing | | 2 |
| 4866700960 | Metallurgy | Practice of mining & extracting metal ores | | 3 |
| 4866700961 | Textiles | Most important enterprise in agricultural society; result of selective breeding of animals/crops | | 4 |
| 4866700962 | Neolithic "Revolution" | Early stages of agricultural society | | 5 |
| 4866700963 | Mesopotamia Subcontinent | Subcontinent; "b/w the rivers";the Tigris and Euphrates | | 6 |
| 4866700964 | Tigris River | Mesopotamian River, above Euphrates | | 7 |
| 4866700965 | Euphrates River | Mesopotamian river, below Tigris | | 8 |
| 4866700966 | Mediterranean Sea | Sea connecting Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and N.Africa | | 9 |
| 4866700967 | Anatolia Subcontinent | Powerful empire in modern day Turkey, home of Hittites |  | 10 |
| 4866700968 | Black Sea | Sea in N.Anatolia | | 11 |
| 4866700969 | Babylon | Mesopotamian empire w/ centralized bureaucracy | | 12 |
| 4866700970 | Phoenicia | Phoenician settlement along Mediterranean coast & Lebanon mountains | | 13 |
| 4866700971 | Jerusalem | Cosmopolitan capital city built by the Israelites in Palestine | | 14 |
| 4866700972 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Collection of Mesopotamian myths abt. Gilgamesh, King of Uruk | | 15 |
| 4866700973 | Irrigation | Manmade canals and reservoirs for easier access to water, developed by Sumerians | | 16 |
| 4866700974 | Semitic | Arabian/Syrian nomadic herders who migrated to Mesopotamia | | 17 |
| 4866700975 | City-state | Political organization: urban king rules surrounding agricultural regions | | 18 |
| 4866700976 | Indo-Europeans | S.Russian tribes who went on series of migrations from India - western Europe; spread Indo-European languages in eurasia | | 19 |
| 4866700977 | Polytheism | Belief in more than one god | | 20 |
| 4866700978 | Hammurabi's Code | Extensive law code est. by Babylonian King Hammurabi | | 21 |
| 4866700979 | Cuneiform | World's 1st written language, invented by Sumerians | | 22 |
| 4866700980 | Stratified Patriarchal Society | Kings->Nobles->priests/priestesses->free commoners, dependent clients->slaves; patriarchal, much influence from Hammurabi's Code | | 23 |
| 4866700981 | Economic Specialization | Increase of city population and non-agricultural work
--> variety of human skills; skills produced items for trade and boosted economy | | 24 |
| 4866700982 | Pastoral Nomads | Early Hebrews; nomads who traveled b/w Mesopotamia & Egypt w/ cattle | | 25 |
| 4866700983 | Hebrews, Israelites, Jews | Were heavily influenced by Mesopotamia | | 26 |
| 4866700984 | Abraham | Sumerian patriarch Hebrew, migrated North | | 27 |
| 4866700985 | Moses | Israelite leader who led others to Palestine, embraced monotheism and announced Ten Commandments to Israelites | | 28 |
| 4866700986 | Monotheism | Belief in only one god | | 29 |
| 4866700987 | Phoenicians | Maritime civilization in Mediterranean that developed extensive trade, communication networks, early alphabetical script | | 30 |
| 4866700988 | Arabian Desert | Desert on Arabian Peninsula | | 31 |
| 4866700989 | Sahara Desert | Desert in N.Africa | | 32 |
| 4866700990 | Savannah | A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, Sudan b/w 10,000-5,000 BCE | | 33 |
| 4866700991 | Niger River | West African river utilized by early Sudanic cultivators | | 34 |
| 4866700992 | Zambezi River | Central African river utilized by Bantu people | | 35 |
| 4866700993 | Congo River | Southern African river utilized by Bantu people | | 36 |
| 4866700994 | Kalahari Desert | Desert in Sub-Saharan Africa | | 37 |
| 4866700995 | Pharaoh | Egyptian kings considered to be gods on earth | | 38 |
| 4866700996 | Nile River | Principal water source of water flowing through North Africa (site of sophisticated cultural development) |  | 39 |
| 4866700997 | Cairo | Egyptian city along lower Nile | | 40 |
| 4866700998 | Mercenary | Professional soldiers hired to serve in foreign army | | 41 |
| 4866700999 | Scribe | Prepared administrative and legal documents for governments & private parties | | 42 |
| 4866701000 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing (pictographs & symbols representing sounds+ideas) | | 43 |
| 4866701001 | India Subcontinent | |  | 44 |
| 4866701002 | Indus River | North Indian river that enabled agricultural societies to arise | | 45 |
| 4866701003 | Hindu Kush Mountain Range | Mountain range that led Aryans to India | | 46 |
| 4866701004 | Deccan Plateau | Southern India plateau | | 47 |
| 4866701005 | Ganges River | Religious, east Indian river | | 48 |
| 4866701006 | Himalayas Mountain Range | Mountain range in NE India | | 49 |
| 4866701007 | Tibetan Plateau | Plateau in NE India, above Himalayas | | 50 |
| 4866701008 | Rosetta Stone | Egyptian stone w/ hieroglyphs, demotic, and greek writing | | 51 |
| 4866701009 | Aryans | European tribes, settled in India after 1500 B.C.E, formed the basis of Hinduism with Dravidians | | 52 |
| 4866701010 | Harappans | Earliest urban society in the Indus River Valley
-centered around Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro | | 53 |
| 4866701011 | Vedas (Vedic Age) | 1500-500 B.C.E : Indian era when the Vedas (Hindu religious text) were composed | | 54 |
| 4866701012 | Upanishads | Indian reflections and dialogues (800-400 B.C.E.) that reflected basic Hindu concepts. | | 55 |
| 4866701013 | Brahman | The universal soul in Hinduism | | 56 |
| 4866701014 | Karma | Hindu concept that the sum of good and bad in a person's life will determine his or her status in the next life | | 57 |
| 4866701015 | Ascetic | Hindu concept of a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle | | 58 |
| 4866701016 | Dharma | Hindu concept of obedience to religious and moral laws and order | | 59 |
| 4866701017 | Yellow River | Principal, loess- filled river in N.China | | 60 |
| 4866701018 | Yangtze River | River in central China | | 61 |
| 4866701019 | South China Sea | Sea in S.China | | 62 |
| 4866701020 | Gobi Desert | Desert in N.China | | 63 |
| 4866701021 | Kunlun Shan Mountain Range | Mountain range north of Tibetan Plateau | | 64 |
| 4866701022 | Takla Makan Desert | Desert in NW China | | 65 |
| 4866701023 | Mekong River | River stretching from Tibetan Plateau to Vietnam | | 66 |
| 4866701024 | "China's Sorrow" | Yellow Sea's nickname, bc of its tremendous flooding | | 67 |
| 4866701025 | Hereditary State | Political organization in which rulers were from the same family
ex: Xia,Shang,Zhou dynasties | | 68 |
| 4866701026 | Dynasty (Shang, Zhou, Qin,Han) | A line of hereditary rulers of a | | 69 |
| 4866701027 | "Mandate of Heaven" | Chinese belief : heavenly powers' approval chooses emperor | | 70 |
| 4866701028 | Decentralized Administration | Government rules by giving power&authority to regional officials in exchange for loyalty& military support. | | 71 |
| 4866701029 | Royal Court | Chinese royal family and noble allies,who dominated public and private affairs | | 72 |
| 4866701030 | Artisans | Small class of people in China, worked exclusively for ruling elites | | 73 |
| 4866701031 | Ancestor Veneration | Chinese belief : ancestors influence one's fortunes in life. Rituals and worship to ancestors conducted to ensure good fortune. | | 74 |
| 4866701032 | Oracle Bones | Means of foretelling the future in Chinese Shang dynasty | | 75 |
| 4866701033 | Steppe Nomads | Nomadic peoples w/ pastoral societies in the Eurasian steppe/grassy lands. | | 76 |
| 4866701034 | Caribbean Sea | Atlantic sea bordering the Yucatán Peninsula | | 77 |
| 4866701035 | Andes Mountain Range | Mountain Range along coasts of Peru &Bolivia | | 78 |
| 4866701036 | Amazon River | Principal river in South America | | 79 |
| 4866701037 | Patagonia Plateau | Plateau in southern South America | | 80 |
| 4866701038 | New Guinea | N. Australian island, separated by Torres Strait | | 81 |
| 4866701039 | Maize | The staple food of Mesoamerica | | 82 |
| 4866701040 | Bering Land Bridge | Land connecting siberia + alaska during ice age era | | 83 |
| 4866701041 | Terrace Farming | Mountainside farming method used in Andean region | | 84 |
| 4866701042 | Andean Highlands | Land b/w Andes mountains & pacific ocean | | 85 |
| 4866701043 | Austronesian Peoples | SE Asian mariners who settled in New Guinea | | 86 |
| 4866701044 | Equator | Imaginary horizontal line around the earth | | 87 |
| 4866701045 | Latitude & Longitude | Measures north-south position & Measures east-west position | | 88 |
| 4866701046 | Continents (7) | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa. Australia, Antarctica | | 89 |
| 4866701047 | Oceans (4) | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic | | 90 |
| 4866701048 | Mississippi River | Largest river in North America | | 91 |
| 4866701049 | Danube River | Horizontal river in W.Europe, below Rhine | | 92 |
| 4866701050 | Rhine River | Vertical river in W.Europe, above Danube | | 93 |
| 4866701051 | Volga River | Longest European river, through central Russia | | 94 |
| 4866701052 | Urals Mountain Range | Vertical mountain range b/w Europe and Asia | | 95 |
| 4866701053 | Pyrenees Mountain Range | Horizontal mountain range b/w Spain and Europe | | 96 |
| 4866701054 | Caucasus Mountain Range | Mountain Range b/w Black and Caspian Sea | | 97 |
| 4866701055 | River Valley Civilizations - Mesopotamia | - Tigris & Euphrates rivers
- Cuneiform
-Est. government for order & stability
- Job specialization -> Social classes | | 98 |
| 4866701056 | River Valley Civilization - Nile River | -Pharaoh
-Religious traditions (mummification,Amon-Re)
-Industries, Transportation, Trade networks
-Writing systems (hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic,Coptic) | | 99 |
| 4866701057 | River Valley Civilization - Indus River | -Regional states w/ kingship (rajas)
- Caste System
- Organized religious beliefs (Hinduism)
- Literature & Sanskrit | | 100 |
| 4866701058 | River Valley Civilization - Huang He | - Yellow & Yangtze rivers
-"Mandate of Heaven"
-Ancestor Worship/Veneration
-Writing | | 101 |