Asia Usborn Geography crossword page 200-215
Across
- 7. pg200 What is a vital source of food and work for millions of Asians
- 8. pg210 Name of the baggy shirt and trousers in Pakistan
- 9. pg215 Which country are the Peronas Towers in?
- 11. pg 204 What is the world’s biggest country?
- 13. pg202 All of the world’s major _____ started in Asia
- 14. pg208 What is built on hillsides to allow farmers to grow crops on steep slopes
- 16. pg203 What is the name of the city that is golf for Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
- 20. pg211 What is the name of the world’s biggest film industry based in Mumbai?
- 23. pg208 Name for the art form of beautiful writing
- 25. pg212 South East Asia stretches out in the sea to _____ of China and Japan
- 26. pg204 Under communism, who owns everything?
- 28. pg207 What was discovered in the Middle East that made many nations rich?
- 29. pg211 What wander the streets in India?
- 31. pg213 What is the main crop in Southeast Asia?
- 33. pg200 Asia has large farms that export crops such as ______, rubber, tea, and coffee
- 36. pg206 The Middle East includes the area between the Persian Gulf and the _____
- 39. pg211 Hindus avoid eating meat, so Indian food is often ______
- 41. pg203 What is the name for the religious building for Sikhs
- 43. pg204 Who ruled most of the USSR for most of the 20th century?
- 44. pg210 India was for _____
- 47. pg212 What exist peacefully, side by side in Southeast Asia?
- 48. pg209 During the New Year, what is in red envelops?
- 50. pg202 What is the name of the sacred river to Hindus, that is located in Northern India
- 51. pg210 India and Pakistan was a complex ancient society began around the ______
Down
- 1. pg209 What do many people in China follow?
- 2. pg213 What animal in mainland Southeast Asia are used to transport people and heavy loads?
- 3. pg200 Asia gained new states including Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and _____ after the U.S.S.R dissolved
- 4. pg210 What country was part of Pakistan but became independent in 1971?
- 5. pg200 Asia covers almost a ______ of Earth
- 6. pg213 Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines are all ______
- 10. pg205 Russia stretches 4,800 miles along the _____
- 12. pg214 True or false, banking and manufacturing has allowed Japan to become rich
- 15. pg201 Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Dubai are described as ____ cities
- 17. pg210 Pakistan was for _____
- 18. pg202 What country is the Holy City of Mecca in?
- 19. pg208 Ancient China invented many things including silk, gun powder, seismology, predicting earthquakes, and _____
- 21. pg205 What was suppressed under communism?
- 22. pg204 What is the name of a ballet company in Moscow?
- 24. pg202 What is a religious journey?
- 27. pg207 What country did coffee probably first come from?
- 30. pg208 since the 1950s the government has encouraged couples to have how many kids?
- 32. pg212 In Indonesia, what do they use to tell stories?
- 34. pg215 Some believe Asia is successful because Asian people have a _____ work ethic
- 35. pg214 Which country invented paper money in the 9th century
- 37. pg210 Name of the wrap-around gown worn in India
- 38. pg 206 Where was the home of the first civilization?
- 40. pg206 Arabic countries lie in and around the peninsula of _______
- 42. pg205 The text list three of Russia’s most famous writers including Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and ____
- 45. pg207 What is the name of the herders that travel across the desert from one oasis to the next
- 46. pg203 How many times in a day are muslims called to pray?
- 49. pg211 The caste determined what job you did or who you could_____