Vocab 2

4. a city that acts as a country with its own government and surrounding territory.
5. a holy book in Judaism.
8. the ancient Egyptian system of writing that used pictures and symbols.
10. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
11. a set of rules given by God to Moses, important in both Judaism and Christianity.
14. when a group of people are spread out from their homeland.
15. a system where people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
16. an ancient religion from Persia that believes in a single god named Ahura Mazda.
17. when you have more of something than you need.

1. a system of government with many departments and officials.
2. the belief in many gods.
3. the time period when people began to make tools and weapons from iron.
6. a government where the ruler is seen as a god or is controlled by religious leaders.
7. a family of rulers where power is gained from parent to child.
9. the king or queen of ancient Egypt.
12. the belief in one god.
13. a powerful ancient kingdom in the south of Egypt.