Our World

6. something we are good at
7. surroundings of the place in which human beings live
8. substances such as coal and oil that occur naturally and have a valuable purpose for humans and the world today
10. being in charge and having power over others
11. everything that exists; everything in space and time
13. belief that everything started with a big bang about 14 billion years ago; the universe began to expand, then cooled down, forming the earth and other planets
16. the soul in Hinduism, the part of God inside us that moves on to another body or form after death

1. believing that the creation account as told in the Bible is not a literal account of how creation occurred
2. believing that the creation account as told in the Bible is true – it happened literally as it is described
3. part of human nature that is spiritual in form and influences an individual’s personality
4. argument that life began in simple forms and evolved into the more complex forms we see today
5. out of nothing
9. God-given responsibility to care for the world
12. way in which something is uniquely made; God’s Creation of the universe
14. Hindu expression for ‘beginning-less’
15. all the people who live on the earth; a sense of compassion or benevolence towards other members of the human race