| A | B |
| culture | people's way of life; includes language, religion, clothing, food |
| Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and domestication of animals |
| civilization | elements of this includes cities, government, writing, religion, division of labor, and social classes |
| Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped Sumerian writing |
| Nile River | location of Ancient Egyptian civilization |
| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | location of Ancient Mesopotamian civilization |
| Indus River | location of the Ancient Indian cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro |
| Huang He River | location of Ancient Chinese civilization |
| Code of Hammurabi | first written laws from Babylon |
| Ten Commandments | laws of Judaism handed down to Moses |
| monotheism | polytheism |