| A | B |
|---|
| Torah | Holy Book of Judaism |
| Cunieform | Writing system of the Sumerians |
| Mandate of Heaven | Chinese version of the divine right to rule concept |
| Longitude | These lines measure North and South of Equator |
| Push Factors | War, Conflict, Religous persecution |
| Great Wall of China | Protected China from Northern Invasions |
| Silk Road | Troude route from China to the West |
| Hierogplyphics | Writing system of the Egyptians |
| Phoenicians | Developed first alphabet |
| Oracle Bones | What Chinese wrote on to predict the future |
| Caste | Unchangeable social order in India |
| Nomads | People that frequently move to find food |
| Reincarnation | Hindu and Buddhist belief in the rebirth of the soul into another lifeform |
| 0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
| 0 degrees Latitude | Equator |
| Culture Traits | Acitivities and behaviors that are repeated |
| Developing Countries | Countries with low literacy rates, high unemployment |
| Innovation | New ideas or inventions |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age |
| New Stone Age | Neolithic |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian Law Writer (codified the laws) |
| Mesopotamia | Land between Tigris and Euphrates |
| Pharoah | Absolute ruler of Egypt |
| Vizier | Pharoah's advisor |
| Delta | Triangular area where rivers deposit sediment |
| Middle Kingdom | Turbulent Egyptian Kingdom |
| Amon Re | Egyptian Sun god |
| Osiris | Egyptian god of the underworld |
| Pakistan | Modern Day home of Indus River |
| Indus River | Home to Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa |
| Cotton | Crop first cultivated by the Indus Valley people |
| Siddhartha Guatama | Founder of Buddhism |
| Filial Piety | Confucius' belief in repsect for parents and elders |
| Shang Dynasty | First Chinese dynasty after the Xia |
| Zhou Dynasty | Chinese Dynasty after the Shang |
| Interrupted Map | Correct shape and size, incorrect direction |
| Mercator Projection | More distorted near the poles |
| Robinson Projection | Less distorted cylindrical projection |
| ideographs (calligraphy) | Writing system of the Chinese |
| Huang He River | Home of the Shang Dynasty; river along which China's first civilization began |
| Himalaya Mountains | Mountain range that protected India, along with the Hindu Kush, from invasion |
| Tang Dynasty | Dynasty in China founded by Li Shimin |
| Middle Kingdom | What the Chinese called their land |
| foot-binding | Showed the subordination of women in China |
| Legalism | Chinese philosophy that believed in strict rules |
