Vocab 2

3. This a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th Century B.C.
6. A ruler in ancient Egypt.
7. These are a set of fundamental, religious and ethical laws given by God to the ancient Israelites through Moses at Mount Sinai.
9. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god
10. This is the dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland.
14. A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
15. This is a group of states or countries under a single supreme ruler formerly known as an emperor or empress.
17. 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.
18. Is a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

1. The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrews scriptures.
2. Is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by the state's officials rather than elected representatives.
4. The belief that there is only one god.
5. The belief in or worship of more than one god.
8. Is a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
11. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
12. A system of writing that uses pictures and symbols to represent words, sounds, and concepts.
13. Refers to a historical ancient region in Northeast Africa along the Nile River, between the merging of the blue and white niles.
16. Was a prehistoric period that followed the bronze age, when weapons and tools came to be made out of iron.