The Topic 8 Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. n., something unreal or misleading
  2. 4. a membership in a state or community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  3. 5. making small loans to people with their own small businesses
  4. 8. the physical features of an area
  5. 10. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  6. 11. v., to strain through overuse
  7. 13. v., to slow or block the movement of something
  8. 14. which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  9. 19. adj., focused on or gathered in
  10. 21. v., to thrive
  11. 24. adj., few and scattered
  12. 25. n., result
  13. 26. adj., superior by a large margin
  14. 28. the practice of hiring outside firms or workers to perform specific tasks for a company
  15. 30. thinkers and teachers
  16. 32. v., to make up for
  17. 33. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  18. 35. the willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  19. 37. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing develops from
  20. 38. split
  21. 39. adj., relating to the whole universe
  22. 40. consciousness, spiritual force or god
  23. 43. a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
Down
  1. 1. people who seek to spread their religion
  2. 2. peaceful protests against laws considered unjust
  3. 5. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  4. 6. being who have gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, try to help others
  5. 7. a person's duty or what is right for him or her
  6. 9. an area of what is now northern pakistan and India
  7. 12. fixed social class into which a person is born
  8. 15. people in this caste had to do jobs that no one else wanted
  9. 16. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
  10. 17. v., to eliminate
  11. 18. unfair treatment
  12. 20. seasonal winds and weather patterns
  13. 22. religious communities
  14. 23. groups of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  15. 27. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
  16. 29. adj., according to moral law
  17. 31. a policy of not allying with either of the superpowers
  18. 34. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
  19. 36. the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
  20. 41. the belief-shared by the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
  21. 42. liberation from reincarnation