| Term | Definition |
| interaction between humans and environment | Theme 1 |
| Development and interaction of cultures | Theme 2 |
| State-building, expansion, and conflict | Theme 3 |
| Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems | Theme 4 |
| Development and transformation of social structures | Theme 5 |
| Homo sapiens | Human development name 2.5 mil. BCE |
| Homo erectus (standing by this point) | Human development name 1.25 mil. BCE |
| Homo sapiens sapiens | Human development name 150,000 BCE |
| skull enlargement | What was the major factor that determined the evolution in humans? |
| Paleolithic | What -ithic era was known as the "Hunter-Gatherer" era? |
| 9,000 BCE | Around what time does the Paleolithic era dominate? |
| egalitarian society | What is a society called when all roles are equally as important? |
| short | Were work days long or short for the Paleolithic era? |
| False | True or false, paleolithic nomadic groups traveled everywhere? |
| foraging and gathering | What was the primary source of food during the Paleolithic era? |
| glacial | Humans began to branch out once what period ends? |
| 10,000 to 8,000 BCE | Around what time did the Neolithic Revolution dominate? |
| Agricultural Revolution (AR) | What did the the Neolithic Revolution center on? |
| False | True or False, humans were increasingly nomadic during the Neolithic Revolution? |
| plants and animals | Rivers provided nutrients for the soil enabling humans to domesticate what? |
| wheat and barley | What were the first crops domesticated in the Neolithic era? |
| dogs and pigs | What were the first animals domesticated in the Neolithic era? |