Chapter 2, Unit 1 Vocabulary

using power over people in a way that is cruel and unfair. 

• rule of law

• Tyrannical

• Caravan

• Successor

an area in the desert where there are water and plants.

• Successor

• Pilgrimage

• Oasis

• Geometric

having precise, regular shapes.

• Caravan

• Geometric

• Successor

• Monotheism

the belief that there is only one God. 

• Prophet

• Caravan

• Pilgrimage

• Monotheism

 a group of people traveling together across a desert.

• rule of law

• Pilgrimage

• Caravan

• Secular

the principle that no one is above the law, not even the highest lawmakers. 

• Tyrannical

• Successor

• Prophet

• rule of law

someone chosen by God to bring a message to people. 

• Geometric

• Prophet

• Secular

• Successor

a person who becomes the leader after the previous leader’s death.

• Geometric

• Successor

• Prophet

• Secular

 not religious.

• Secular

• Geometric

• Monotheism

• Pilgrimage

a journey undertaken for a religious purpose.

• Secular

• Successor

• Pilgrimage

• Oasis