The Topic 8 Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a membership in a state or community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  2. 3. making small loans to people with their own small businesses
  3. 6. adj., superior by a large margin
  4. 8. consciousness, spiritual force or god
  5. 10. a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
  6. 11. a person's duty or what is right for him or her
  7. 15. thinkers and teachers
  8. 17. adj., few and scattered
  9. 19. v., to thrive
  10. 20. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
  11. 22. people in this caste had to do jobs that no one else wanted
  12. 26. the belief-shared by the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
  13. 28. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing develops from
  14. 32. v., to slow or block the movement of something
  15. 33. the physical features of an area
  16. 35. adj., according to moral law
  17. 36. groups of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  18. 37. adj., relating to the whole universe
  19. 38. liberation from reincarnation
  20. 39. which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  21. 40. religious communities
  22. 41. seasonal winds and weather patterns
  23. 43. unfair treatment
Down
  1. 2. peaceful protests against laws considered unjust
  2. 4. a policy of not allying with either of the superpowers
  3. 5. the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
  4. 7. adj., focused on or gathered in
  5. 9. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  6. 12. people who seek to spread their religion
  7. 13. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  8. 14. v., to eliminate
  9. 16. v., to strain through overuse
  10. 18. being who have gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, try to help others
  11. 21. the practice of hiring outside firms or workers to perform specific tasks for a company
  12. 23. split
  13. 24. n., result
  14. 25. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
  15. 27. n., something unreal or misleading
  16. 29. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  17. 30. fixed social class into which a person is born
  18. 31. the willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  19. 34. an area of what is now northern pakistan and India
  20. 37. v., to make up for
  21. 42. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering