Crossword for Learning Contract #2

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Across
  1. 5. a form of writing, especially used in ancient Egypt in which symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds
  2. 8. a line of hereditary rulers of a country
  3. 10. the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first 5 books of the Hebrew scriptures
  4. 11. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in 6th century BC
  5. 13. a title of an ancient Egyptian king
  6. 14. a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity
  7. 16. the dispersion of any people from their original homeland
  8. 17. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
  9. 18. the belief/worship or only one god
Down
  1. 1. a system of government in which a priest rules in the name of God or a god
  2. 2. the belief/worship of more than one god
  3. 3. an independent self-governing country contained completely within the borders of a single city
  4. 4. a system/organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
  5. 6. a group of territories or people under one ruler
  6. 7. a prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron
  7. 9. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met, an excess of production or supply over demand
  8. 12. a region of Southwest Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, site of several ancient civilizations
  9. 15. ancient region in northeastern Africa, was home to some of Africa's earliest kingdoms