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Across
  1. 2. hot, wet; near the equator
  2. 7. religious idea of cause and effect: one's action will impact their future
  3. 9. primary economic activity; extracting minerals, usually in the mountains
  4. 11. river in India; starts in Himalayas; very high population density
  5. 12. seasonal wind that creates wet/dry climate
  6. 16. high, flat land
  7. 18. the belief that people are reborn after death
  8. 20. second largest religion in India, main religion of Pakistan; brought to India by Mughals
  9. 22. primary economic activity; main job in India
  10. 24. split between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu majority India
  11. 26. political system ruled by the people
  12. 27. dry, like the Thar Desert
  13. 28. a holy month when Muslims practice fasting
Down
  1. 1. highest mountains in the world; created by convergent tectonic plate boundary
  2. 3. a spring festival celebrated by Hindus
  3. 4. Turkish and Mongol rulers that brought Islam to India
  4. 5. mountainous, mostly Muslim disputed region in n. India
  5. 6. polytheistic religion from India; believes in karma and reincarnation
  6. 8. a Muslim place of worship
  7. 10. when one country takes economic, social and political control of another region
  8. 13. Europeans that colonized India, brought railroads and English language
  9. 14. the love of country and independence, sometimes with feelings of superiority
  10. 15. river in Pakistan; starts in Kashmir; source of conflict
  11. 17. a Hindu place of worship
  12. 19. the country that was created after partition to be a Muslim homeland
  13. 21. indian religion created by Siddhartha Gautama; believes in karma and reincarnation
  14. 23. monotheistic Indian religion created by Guru Nanak
  15. 25. most important factor in determining climate