Learning Contract #2 - Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster
  2. 3. the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Copper and Bronze Ages
  3. 5. the belief in or worship of more than one god
  4. 9. the monarchs of ancient Egypt
  5. 11. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
  6. 13. a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river
  7. 14. (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
  8. 15. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
  9. 17. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
Down
  1. 2. a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  2. 4. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
  3. 6. a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles
  4. 7. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
  5. 8. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
  6. 10. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
  7. 12. the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language
  8. 16. a line of hereditary rulers of a country