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