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6th SS Unit 2
Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |