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Ch. 6
Ch. 6 Ls 1 and Ch. 9 Ls 1
Term | Definition |
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polytheism | belief in more than one god |
prophet | a person who others believe speaks or writes with a message from God or a god |
monotheism | a belief in one God |
covenant | an agreement |
Exodus | the journey of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt, through the desert, and back toward Canaan, as described in the Bible |
Ten Commandments | a set of laws for responsible behavior that, according to the Bible, were given to the Jewish people by God |
Judaism | the religion of the Jewish people |
exile | the act of being forced to live in another place |
Diaspora | the settling of Jews outside of ancient Israel |
synagouge | a Jewish house of worship |
confederation | a loose group of goverments working together |
republic | a form of government in which the citizens elect representatives to make laws and run the government |
consul | one of two chief officials who held office in the ancient Roman Republic |
veto | to stop or reject the actions of another |
dictator | a ruler with absolute authority |
Senate | the most powerful governing body in the Roman Republic |
patrician | a wealthy descendant of Rome's earliest settlers |
plebeian | a member of the common people in ancient Rome |