Vocab 2

2. A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
6. The belief that there is only one god.
8. These are a set of fundamental, religious and ethical laws given by God to the ancient Israelites through Moses at Mount Sinai.
9. Is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by the state's officials rather than elected representatives.
10. A system of writing that uses pictures and symbols to represent words, sounds, and concepts.
11. This is a group of states or countries under a single supreme ruler formerly known as an emperor or empress.
12. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.

1. The belief in or worship of more than one god.
3. Is a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
4. This a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th Century B.C.
5. The ancient region of west Asia and it’s the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the northern part of the fertile crescent.
7. Refers to a historical ancient region in Northeast Africa along the Nile River, between the merging of the blue and white niles.
8. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god