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| 9558017913 | Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools | 0 | |
| 9558017914 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. A turning point in the stone age | 1 | |
| 9558017915 | Pastoralism | A strategy for food production involving the domestication of animals | 2 | |
| 9558017916 | Patriarchy | A male dominated society | 3 | |
| 9558017917 | Animism | The belief of a supernatural power that organizes and animated the material universe. Belief that inanimate objects have souls | 4 | |
| 9558017918 | Tribute | Money paid for protection | 5 | |
| 9558017919 | slash and burn | when an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops | 6 | |
| 9558017920 | deforestation | The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. Destruction of forests | 7 | |
| 9558017921 | Diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel | 8 | |
| 9558017922 | Caravan | A large group of people traveling across the desert in Asia or North Africa | 9 | |
| 9558017923 | Quetzalcoatl | Toltec deity; Feathered Serpent; adopted by Aztecs as a major god | 10 | |
| 9558017924 | Lateen sails | a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast. | 11 | |
| 9558017925 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 12 | |
| 9558017926 | Huns | A nomadic people who lived in Eastern Europe and central Asia between the 4th and 6th century AD | 13 | |
| 9558017927 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 14 | |
| 9558017928 | Dhow Ships | Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design | 15 | |
| 9558017929 | Artisans | skilled workers who make goods by hand | 16 | |
| 9558017930 | Qanat System | tapping into groundwater through a series of gently sloping tunnels | 17 | |
| 9558017931 | Hellenistic Period | Time period between death of Alexander(323) and Rise of Rome (27BC) | 18 | |
| 9558017932 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 19 | |
| 9558017933 | Polis | A city-state in ancient Greece. | 20 | |
| 9558017934 | Stoicism | the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint. | 21 | |
| 9558017935 | 12 Tables of Rome | 451 BCE. Written set of laws that stated the rules of behavior for members of Roman Society. | 22 | |
| 9558017936 | Corvee | A days unpaid labor owed by a vassal to his feudal lord | 23 |