Learning Contract #2

2. - Prehistoric period after the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools were made of Iron
6. - A set of fundamental religious rules and ethical laws by God given to the ancient Israelites
7. - Ruler in Ancient Egypt
9. - Belief or worship of only one god
11. - Belief or worship of more than one god
15. - System of picture-writing used by Ancient Egyptians
16. - Ancient region along the Nile in modern southern Egypt, north of Sudan
17. - A system of government in which most decisions are made by officials rather than elected representatives.

1. - A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia
3. - An amount of something left over when requirements have been met
4. - Dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland
5. - A group of states/countries under a single supreme authority
6. - A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
8. - The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first 5 books of the Hebrew scriptures
10. - A city surrounded by an independent state/territory
12. - An ancient civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
13. - Ranking or organization of people/social classes based on power and authority
14. - A line of hereditary rulers of a country/region