African History and Culture Vocabulary I
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gazeliacarter on January 3, 2011
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Glencoe 7th grade Chapter 5 Section 1
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 irrigation | process of collecting water and distributing it to crops |
| city-state | independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| theocracy | form of government in which the leader claims to rule on behalf of a god |
| cuneiform | form of writing from ancient Mesopotamia that consisted of wedge-shaped markings pressed into clay tablets |
| pharaoh | name for powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words |
| montheism | belief in one God |
| covenant | agreement |
| prophet | messenger of God |
| caliph | successor to Muhammed |
| terrorism | violence used against the people or government in the hopes of winning political goals |
| legal | based on laws |
| rely | to depend upon |
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