| A | B |
|---|
| North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, Africa | seven continents |
| north, south, east, west | cardinal directions |
| northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest | intermediate directions |
| narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land | isthmus |
| best model of the earth | globe |
| people who travel constantly in search of food and water | nomads |
| prehistoric man depended on these to survive | wild plants and animals |
| these marked the beginning of the Paleolithic period | stone tools |
| characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society | hunted and gathered, lived in clans, nomadic |
| began to use fire | Paleolithic Age |
| New Stone Age | means Neolithic |
| historic object made or used by humans | artifact |
| ancient structure of stones in England | Stonehenge |
| determines the age of artifacts by the amount of carbon in it | radiocarbon dating |
| the way of life of a given people including language | culture |
| located on the Tigris River | Mesopotamia |
| four river valleys where civilizations first developed | Nile, Tigris/Euphrates, Indus, Huang He |
| early civilization in Africa located along the Nile River | Egypt |
| the land between two rivers | Mesopotamia |
| when people perform specific jobs according to their skills | specialization of labor |
| belief in one god | monotheism |
| belief in more than one god | polytheism |
| book that includes the written records and beliefs of the Hebrews | Torah |
| Ten Commandments, Torah, monotheism | contributions of the Hebrews |
| written language of the Sumerians | cuneiform |
| written language of the Egyptians | hieroglyphics |
| divided society in India based on occupation | caste |
| the sum of one's actions that is carried with the soul in life | karma |
| sacred writings of Hinduism | vedas and upanishads |
| when the soul is born again | reincarnation |
| built to protect China from invaders | Great Wall |
| stated that god gave emperor the right to rule | mandate of heaven |
| respect for elders. code of politeness, ancestor worship, emphasis on education | Confucius beliefs |
| made transportation and communication difficult in Greece | mountains |
| Greek goddess of love and beauty | Aphrodite |
| Zeus' wife, also the Greek goddess of marriage and childbirth | Hera |
| a person who takes part in government in Greece | citizen |
| government ruled by nobles | aristocracy |
| government ruled by a person who has seized control | tyranny |
| three characteristic of Spartan society | militaristic |
| temple built to honor Athena, the goddess of wisdom | Parthenon |
| ten year war between the Greeks and Trojans | Iliad |
| wrote the Iliad and Odyssey | Homer |
| greek goddess of the hunt and nature | Artemis |
| purpose of Greek mythology | explain natural events |
