Asia Vocabulary
Across
- 6. a pathway to end suffering
- 8. a giant wall used to protect China from invaders
- 12. an Indian religion, and one of the world's oldest major religions
- 13. liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth
- 15. a person sent to promote their religion
- 18. a term for "nonviolence"
- 20. an ancient group of people who migrated to the Indian Subcontinent
- 21. a place of perfect peace and happiness
- 22. a concept that explains the rise and fall of dynasties
- 23. the innermost essence of a person
- 24. a social system based on hereditary status and birth.
- 25. the belief that a person's soul after death will be reborn into another body
Down
- 1. a spirit that is eternal and unchanging
- 2. an ancient Indian empire
- 3. a religion based on living in harmony
- 4. government officials are hired for their merit, not public connections
- 5. fundamental principles of Buddhism
- 7. a fundamental and universal law
- 9. a deposit of yellowish sediments
- 10. a monotheistic religion in Persia
- 11. a collection of ancient scriptures of Hinduism
- 14. a concept of actions and consequences
- 15. an ancient Chinese concept to legitimize the rule of a ruler
- 16. two fundamental, opposite yet complementary forces in Chinese history
- 17. a virtue centered on showing respect, care, and obedience to elders
- 19. a region of Asia below the Himalayas