Topic 8 Crossword

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