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