Across
- 3. an ideal state of happiness and peace, attained through enlightenment
- 5. the worship of multiple gods
- 11. the twelve followers of Jesus, designated to spread his message
- 12. a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that the good and evil done in a past life determines the nature of that person’s next life
- 14. the spread of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning about 586 B.C.E.
- 15. the Chinese belief that a ruler’s power stemmed from divine authority
Down
- 1. belief in one God
- 2. respect shown by children to their parents
- 4. in Christian belief, Jesus’s rise from the dead
- 6. the example set by Muhammad for how Muslims should live
- 7. the holy book of Islam
- 8. a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life
- 9. Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 10. a collection of ancient texts that are the foundation of Hinduism
- 13. a set of basic ideas, beliefs, and values that form the basis of a social, economic, or political philosophy or program