History Vocab #2

4. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
6. The belief in or worship of more than one god
7. A prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron
8. Emphasizes a never-ending battle between good and evil, an Iranian religion
11. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
12. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
14. The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
15. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
17. Formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt

1. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
2. The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
3. A region of western Asia, known as the “cradle of civilization” Western writing first developed there
5. A line of hereditary rulers of a country
9. Ancient region in northeastern Africa, was later enslaved by Africans
10. The ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses
13. The belief that there is only one God
16. A ruler in ancient Egypt
17. A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority