Neolithic/Paleolithic
What is the term for the period before humans developed writing systems?
Prehistory
What is the term for a state that controls territories and peoples beyond its original borders.
Empire
Which term refers to a hereditary social group with particular roles and status?
Caste System
What was one the earliest civilizations in Meso America, known for creating large stone heads?
The Olmec
What term refers to a government system based on a hereditary ruler that has central power?
Monarchy
What is the term for a group that includes humans and their closest relatives, which all walk upright on two feet?
Hominid
What is the earliest form of writing called?
Cuniform
What Hindu idea states that actions have consequences?
Karma
Which Meso American civilization created sophisticated calendrical systems?
The Maya
What term refers to a government in which one person seizes power through force?
Tyranny
What is the term for highly organized and complex societies, developed around major rivers?
Civilizations
Who created one of the first set of codes/laws that were displayed publicly whose consequences were typically reciprocal (An eye for an eye...)?
Hammurabi
Which term refers to the claim that that Heaven gave rulers the right to govern?
Mandate of Heaven
Which Empire, situated in modern day Mexico, conquered their neighbors with a powerful army?
Mexica/Aztec
What is the form of government in which citizens participate directly in government?
Direct Democracy
Which era was categorized by hunter-gatherer societies, stone tools, and the harnessing of fire?
Paleolithic Era
What is the term that refers to the belief in one God?
Monotheism
Which term refers to the roads that connected China with Central Asia and beyond?
Silk Roads
Which South American civilizations created a massive road system that stretched the length of their empire?
The Inca
What term refers to a form of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern on their behalf?
Republic
Which era was categorized by the development of agriculture, permanent settlements, and the domestication of plants and animals?
Neolithic Era
Which civilization was centered around the Nile River?
Which ancient region was centered between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Nile = Egyptian
Tigris/Euphrates = Mesopotamia
Which river did the Chinese civilizations build around?
Yellow River
What was the single largest factor in determining the development of Native American cultures?
Geography
What religion, at first persecuted in Ancient Rome, eventually became the official religion?
Christianity