Vocabulary 2

2. a group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler or one government
4. an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed
7. the substance of divine revelation to Israel, the Jewish people: God's revealed teaching or guidance for humankind
8. a form of government where it is believed that a god, deity, or group of deities, or a deity is in charge
10. the ten rules given to Moses by God that dictate how humans should live and interact with one another
12. a system that organizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance
15. a historic region of West Asia in the Tigris-Euphrates river system
16. rulers who belong to the same royal family for generations
18. a large group of people who share a cultural and regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland

1. a character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian monuments
3. one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, having originated in ancient Persia
5. the heads of state and the religious leaders of their people
6. an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries
9. a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials
11. the belief in one god
13. a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age
14. the belief in many gods
17. ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley