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6th SS Unit 2
Ancient Greece
Term | Definition |
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Civilization | culture that includes certain elements such as a system of writing, cities, and workers with specialized jobs |
City-State | city and its surrounding countryside |
theocracy | form of government in which one individual ruled as both religious leader and king |
cuneiform | Sumerian form of writing using wooden triangular-shaped sticks in the form of hundreds of different wedge shaped markings on moist clay |
pharaoh | ruler of Ancient Egypt |
polytheistic | believing in more than one god |
hieroglyphics | ancient form of writing that used sign and symbols |
papyrus | tall plant of the Nile valley, used in making a form of paper |
monotheism | belief that there is only one God |
scapegoat | one who is wrongly blamed by others |
messiah | in Judaism and Christianity, a savior sent by God |
five pillars of faith | basic religious obligations of Islam |
hajj | religious journey to Makkah (Mecca) that Muslims are expected to take at least once during their lifetimes if they are able to do so |
terrorism | systematic use of violence or terror to achieve certain goals |
mosque | place of worship for followers of Islam |
bedouin | nomadic Arab of the deserts of the Southwest |
Islamic republic | government run by Muslim religious leaders |