Crossword Puzzle

8. even with all his control of media and information, the Chinese people knew that the________ was a disaster.
10. After successfully invading Manchuria , Japan turned to________
15. China is located on the continent of_____.
16. Nearly a half million children have been separated from their families and placed in_______.
17. Mao died of _________ at age 82.
18. he became a leader of the Kuomintang [Nationalist] political party.
19. was an important trade city/region and source of wealth for the Qing Dynasty.

1. Allowed farmers to make their own decisions and earn money from their crops
2. was a term used during the Cultural Revolution by the student-led Red Guards in the People's Republic of China in reference to the pre-communist elements of Chinese culture they attempted to destroy.
3. Many Chinese people suffered and even died of hunger due to________ of Chinese resources.
4. Square A famous protest occurred in Beijing from April 15- June 4, 1989 It occurred in a public space called _________.
5. _______ new government was not able to take full control of China.
6. By the 16th century, most Uyghur people identified as _____ and Islam plays an important role in Uyghur culture and identity.
7. He decided to massacre the leadership of the CCP in all territories he controlled.
9. in 1979, he opened trade and diplomatic relationships with the USA, and encouraged promising Chinese students to learn from different systems around the world.
11. of Joseph Stalin,so much of the rest of leadership had been massacred by the KMT.
12. There have been protests in Tibet since China took control in the .
13. Tibet has its own language, culture, and Tibetan ethnicity going back thousands of years. It is majority _____.
14. became leader of both the military and political side of the Communist party in 1933 due in part to