Space
This gas is the most abundant element in the universe.
Hydrogen
All living things on Earth are considered to be based on this element.
Carbon
These people near the Tigris and Indus river are belieed to be the earliest civilization to discover farming.
Mesopotamia
The term used to describe the time period we are in right now. Translates to "age of man."
The Anthroposcene
A political group that oversees a society. Mostly in charge of maintaining order and keeping a military.
Government
The approximate age of the universe.
13.8 billion years
Life on Earth is believed to have started in this environment.
The Ocean
This revolutionary tool pulled by animals to turn soil made farming production grow rapidly and lead to an explosion in human population.
Iron Plow
A system of interaction through which humans share and trade information, goods, and, sometimes, diseases.
Exchange Networks
The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
Religion
Galaxy
The estimated lenght of time that humans have been around in our current form according to fossil records.
300,000 years
This crop commonly grown in Asia was brought to Japan by Chinese explorers and is farmed by flooding mountains.
Rice
Daily Double!
The length of time between the first time humans made a working airplane to landing men on the moon.
66 Years
1903-1969
The title given to the person in charge of an Empire.
Emperor/Emperess
The process in which orbiting clouds of dust and other material smash into each other around stars to create planets.
Accreation
This acid chain is the most basic component of life on earth.
DNA
The process in which water is redirected for use in farming and personal convenience.
Irrigation
The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
Technology
Who creates the rules and cultural norms in a matriarchal society.
Women
This is what happens when something gets too close to a black hole and begins to fall into it.
Spaghettification
The scientist who pioneered the theory of evolution.
Charles Darwin
Underground or rooftop farms in many major cities of Japan which help produce food despite Japan's lack of farm space.
Pasona Urban Farms
The increasing interconnection of the world that began at about 1500 CE and has accelerated since 1800 CE.
Globalization
The specific type of government tha United States represents.
A representative democracy