| A | B |
| India | Gandhi's home country |
| South Africa | where Gandhi spent 20 years |
| Discrimination | treatment based on intolerance |
| Kasturbai | Gandhi's wife |
| thirteen | the age at which he married |
| Barrister | his occupation after graduating |
| Untouchable | a person avoided by someone of a high class |
| Caste | the system of social order in India |
| Satyagraha | a word meaning truth+persistence |
| Spinning wheel | a symbol for home industries |
| Fasting | going without food for a time |
| Loincloth and shawl | Gandhi's clothing |
| Salt | He led a revolt against this tax. |
| British government | ruled India for 200 years |
| Nehru | First prime minister of a free India |
| Hindu and Muslim | The two religious groups in India. |
| Pakistan | a country made for Muslim settlement |
| Radical Hindu man | killed Gandhi |
| "The light has gone out of our lives." | Nehru's eulogy at Gandhi's death |
| Republic Day | India Independence Day |
| Palace | where Gandhi visited in London |
| 2,089 | the number of days he was in jail in India |
| 249 | the number of days he was jailed in South Africa |
| 4 | the number of Gandhi's sons |
| Mahatma | a word meaning "great-souled" |
| cottage industry | work done from the home |
| Martyr | a person who suffers for his beliefs |
| eulogize | to praise and speak highly of |