History Project Topic 8

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Across
  1. 5. the rebirth of a new soul in a body
  2. 6. seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia
  3. 7. focused on or gather in
  4. 8. member of the lowest Indian caste grouping made up of people who did jobs no one else wanted to do
  5. 9. a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  6. 11. making small loans to people who start their own small businesses
  7. 14. relating to the whole universe
  8. 17. the physical features of an area
  9. 19. to slow or block the movement of something
  10. 22. in Hinduism, the effect of a person’s actions in this and in previous lives
  11. 26. fixed social class into which a person is born
  12. 27. the business practice of sending many computer- related tasks to workers outside the company
  13. 28. the belief that one should not hurt any living thing
  14. 30. In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
  15. 32. superior by a large margin
  16. 34. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  17. 35. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
  18. 36. to strain through overuse
  19. 39. a willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  20. 40. peaceful protest against laws considered unjust
  21. 42. religious community
  22. 43. result
  23. 44. in Hinduism, a person’s duty or what is right for him or her
Down
  1. 1. membership in a community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  2. 2. In Buddhism, a being who has gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, tries to help others
  3. 3. in Hinduism, one supreme cosmic
  4. 4. in Hinduism, liberation from reincarnation
  5. 6. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  6. 10. few and scattered
  7. 12. a group of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  8. 13. unfair treatment
  9. 15. to eliminate
  10. 16. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing or person is descended from
  11. 18. to split or divide
  12. 19. something unreal or misleading
  13. 20. an area of North India that is home to many Sikhs
  14. 21. to thrive
  15. 23. the unfair treatment of people based on gender
  16. 24. to make up for
  17. 25. thinker or teacher
  18. 29. a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India
  19. 31. In Buddhism, a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
  20. 33. according to moral law
  21. 37. the position of a country not allying itself with either of the superpowers during the Cold War
  22. 38. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
  23. 41. something that provides information about something unknown