| A | B |
| Shuo | The ______ Wen was the world's oldest dictionary. |
| Depression | The Fayum _________ is a part of the Sahara Desert that used to be a lake. |
| Barabudur | a Buddist shrine |
| Bantu | people found in central Africa |
| ceiling | A price ________ is a limit to how much a merchant can charge for his or her goods. |
| Olduvai | The ________ Gorge in Tanzania shows layers of sediment that some scientists believe represent different geological ages. |
| Mandate | The _________ of Heaven was an idea that gave the Chinese a reason to overthrow their government. |
| Angkor | The ________ Wat Temple in Cambodia shows an Indian influence in its architecture. |
| Sudanics | A people known as Nilo-__________ are from northeast Africa. |
| Negro | The true ______ people came from the West Coast of Africa. |
| Pygmy | dwarf-like people found in the rain forests of central Africa |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher who taught about the importance of obedience to parents, rulers, and older people |
| catapult | a machine that can hurl large stones |
| legalism | the philosophy that anything that the emperor wanted was right |
| Taoism | a religion still practiced by the majority of Chinese people |
| caste | The _______ system in India keeps people segregated. |
| tsetse | The _______ fly made it hard for cattle owners in Africa to make a profit. |
| minerals | The soil in the jungles of Africa lacks many of the _________ necessary for healthy food crops. |
| Nok | African people known for making beautiful, fired clay heads |
| abdicate | to step down as king |
| Kautilya | Indian counselor who is credited with writing a lawbook that governed India for centuries |
| Yang | The _____ Shao is the earliest culture to be discovered in Asia. |
| chess | board game developed by the Indians |
| Hottentots | people group found in South Africa |
| Mencius | Chinese philosopher who wanted to find a way to set up a good government |
| yellow | important color in China |
| loess | great yellow plain formed by dust blown from central Asian deserts |
| Hsi | According to legend, Fu ______ was the first ruler of the Shang Dynasty. |
| Greater | Indian culture spread into an area of Southeast Asia which became known as _______ India. |