Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the Jewish holy book
  2. 4. Hebrew name for God
  3. 7. bringing good or bad onto oneself
  4. 8. branches of government public service; firefighters, ambulance workers, police officers
  5. 9. government where one person has unlimited powe
  6. 11. person sent to spread a religion
  7. 14. total enlightenment; Buddhism
  8. 17. directions from Yahweh given to Moses
  9. 18. belonging to an empire
  10. 19. process of adapting to a culture
  11. 21. rebirth of the soul into a new body
  12. 23. rigid set of social distinctions in Hindu beliefs
  13. 25. an extreme scarcity of food
Down
  1. 1. organization of government staffed with people given their own job
  2. 3. perfect understanding/ freedom from the mortal world; Hinduism
  3. 5. sacred writings of the Aryan people
  4. 6. the story of the departure of the Hebrews from Egypt
  5. 10. extreme state of commotion or confusion
  6. 12. banishment or expulsion from one's native land
  7. 13. the doctrines of Buddha: all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is ignorant desire, this desire can be destroyed, the means to this is the Eightfold Path
  8. 15. time of great prosperity, peace, and harmony
  9. 16. a monotheistic Persian religion in which the founder was the prophet Zoroaster
  10. 17. Canaan, since Yahweh promised it to the Hebrews
  11. 20. the eight pursuits of one seeking Nirvana
  12. 22. an agreement between Yahweh and people
  13. 24. The belief in only one god