| A | B |
| culture | shared unique way of life |
| Civilization | An advanced society with complex cities, writing, specialized jobs, government and technology |
| geographer | person who studies location and topography |
| Hierogylphics | Form of Writing for the Nile River Valley |
| World's first civilizations developed along | Rivers |
| economist | person who studies the scarcity or surplus of goods |
| political map | shows location of cities and countries |
| physical map | shows topography (elevation) |
| nomad | person who travels from place to place in search of food |
| cuneiform | form of writing in Mesopotamia |
| Hellenistic Culture | Result of Alexander the Great's policies as Greece, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian cultures were blended together |
| Represenative Government | Rome's most important achievement to Government- where people have a say in politics |
| Athens | This Greek city-state is known for the creation of Democracy, the Parthenon, and Philosophers such as Socrates |
| Sparta | This city-state is known for its military |
| Domes | The featured architecture of the Byzantine Empires as seen on the top of Hagia Sophia |
| Arches | The features architecture of the Roman Empire, as seen in the Aqueducts |
| Russia | This modern day country was influenced by the Byzantine Empire borrowing Eastern Orthodox Christianity & an Autocracy ruled by absolute rulers |
| Paleolothic Age | A time period where people were nomadic and always in search of their food |
| human environmental interaction | cultures adapt to their environment for survival |
| Code of Hammurabi | First compiled law code of the Babylonian Empire "Eye for an Eye" harsh laws in which social class matters |