Chapter 2 Social Studies Vocabulary Review

someone chosen by God to bring a message to people

• monotheism

  
  

• rule of law

  
  

•   secular

  
  

• prophet

the belief that there is only one God

• monotheism

  
  

• rule of law

  
  

•   secular

  
  

• prophet

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

• monotheism

  
  

• rule of law

  
  

•   successor

  
  

• prophet

an area in the desert where there are water and plants

• oasis

  
  

  
  

• tyrannical

  
  

  
  

• caravan

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

a group of people traveling together across a desert

• oasis

  
  

  
  

• tyrannical

  
  

  
  

• caravan

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

a journey undertaken for a religious purpose

• oasis

  
  

  
  

• tyrannical

  
  

  
  

• caravan

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

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

• oasis

  
  

  
  

• tyrannical

  
  

  
  

• caravan

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

not religious

•   secular

  
  

  
  

  
  

• geometric

  
  

  
  

  
  

• successor

  
  

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

having precise, regular shapes

•   secular

  
  

  
  

  
  

• geometric

  
  

  
  

  
  

• successor

  
  

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage

  
  

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

•   secular

  
  

  
  

  
  

• geometric

  
  

  
  

  
  

• successor

  
  

  
  

  
  

• pilgrimage