China and India
Across
- 4. Hindu concept of impersonal, universal God connected to everything
- 6. Khan who unified Mongolia
- 7. 3rd-largest country by land
- 10. behaving naturally and effortlessly; aligning one's will with the Tao
- 14. social classes in Hinduism
- 16. book of Confucian teachings
- 18. river where Chinese civilization began
- 19. 7th-largest country by land
- 20. Indian ruler who conquered Kalinga and then embraced Buddhism and gave up violence
- 21. second-highest populated country
- 22. the Buddha
- 23. highest populated country
- 24. proper human relationships and respect for rites and tradition
- 26. the world's longest fortification
Down
- 1. the belief that one's good or bad actions in a previous life affects what happens to them in their next life
- 2. Chinese dynasty that traded with Romans via the Great Silk Road
- 3. Mongolian Chinese dynasty
- 4. love for others and being friendly
- 5. a profound peace of mind in which one is liberated from all desires and all suffering
- 7. dominant ideology in China from 100s B.C. to the mid-20th century
- 8. Hindu goal of liberation
- 9. the repeating cycle of birth, life, and death
- 11. the way of the world according Laozi
- 12. do not do to others what you wouldn't want done to you
- 13. first ruler of India; retired voluntarily and became a monk
- 15. Chinese dynasty that built the Great Wall of China
- 17. Hindu goal of virtue
- 25. ideology founded by Laozi which stresses effortless action and harmony with nature
- 27. Chinese philosopher and poet who founded Taoism