SS Unit 1 Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Someone chosen by God to bring a message to people

• Prophet

• Oasis

• Successor

• Secular

The belief that there is only one God

• Pilgrimage

• Geometric

• Monotheism

• Rule of Law

An area in the desert where there are water and plants

• Prophet

• Oasis

• Caravan

• Tyrannical

A group of people traveling together across a desert

• Monotheism

• Prophet

• Successor

• Caravan

A journey undertaken for a religious purpose

• Pilgrimage

• Geometric

• Oasis

• Caravan

A person who becomes the leader after the previous leader's death

• Monotheism

• Successor

• Rule of Law

• Secular

Having precise, regular shapes

• Caravan

• Pilgrimage

• Tyrannical

• Geometric

Not religious

• Secular

• Rule of Law

• Tyrannical

• Prophet

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

• Tyrannical

• Geometric

• Pilgrimage

• Monotheism

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

• Oasis

• Caravan

• Secular

• Rule of Law