Cultures of Asia Crossword Challenge

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Across
  1. 2. The name of the large desert just north of China, connecting it with Mongolia
  2. 4. An ancient Chinese religion and philosophy that believes all of existence is a balance between two forces - Yin and Yang
  3. 10. The largest mountain in the world
  4. 12. The large body of water connecting India and Africa together
  5. 13. An ancient Japanese religion that believes spirits occupy the physical world and require respect to keep the world in balance
  6. 15. A small peninsula northeast of China that has had contact with China and Japan for thousands of years
  7. 16. One of the oldest religions, this polytheistic religion worships many gods & believes in reincarnation
  8. 17. The Indian system of organizing people into different classes based on reincarnation
  9. 18. An ancient religion from Mesopotamia that heavily influenced the development of future monotheistic religions
  10. 19. A large island off the eastern coast of China, home to an ancient and often isolated culture
  11. 20. An ancient, informal highway spanning from Eastern China all the way to Rome, exchanging goods and ideas for a thousand years
Down
  1. 1. The large mountain range connecting northern India to western China
  2. 2. The name of the large river that runs across northern India, considered sacred by Hindus
  3. 3. The school of thought inspired by Confucius that preaches respect of elders and orderly conduct
  4. 5. An artificial army buried along with the first emperor of China to decorate his extravagant tomb
  5. 6. One of the largest and oldest continuous cultures in the world, situated east of India and west of Japan
  6. 7. The belief that when one dies they are reborn again into a new body, but retaining the same soul
  7. 8. An ancient Indian religion that follows the teaching of the Buddha with the aim of reaching Enlightenment
  8. 9. The name of the first emperor of China, buried in an extravagant tomb after ten years of ruling a newly unified China
  9. 11. The large sub-continent that bridges the Middle East and China
  10. 14. The name of the native people of China, named after China's second dynasty following the reign of its first emperor