Topic 8 Vocab

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