Across
- 5. the belief that there is more than one god
- 8. an amount that is extra or more than you need
- 9. the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated
- 10. a group of countries or states that are controlled by one leader or government
- 11. an independent state consisting of a city and the area around it
- 13. government of a country by religious leaders
- 15. the belief that there is only one god
- 18. a religion started in ancient Persia by Zoroaster, that teaches that there is one God and a continuing struggle in the world between forces of light and dark
Down
- 1. a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
- 2. writing that uses hieroglyphs
- 3. the movement of the Jewish people away from their own country to live and work in other countries; Jewish people living and working in other countries
- 4. a political leader of ancient Egypt
- 6. the law of God as given to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Bible
- 7. an ancient region located in the northeastern Africa
- 12. the ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on Mount Sinai
- 14. a series of leaders of a country who all belong to the same family
- 16. an ancient region in west Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- 17. the historical period about 3 000 years ago when people first used iron tools