East Asia Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 2. an ancient Chinese ethical and philosophical system founded by Confucius
- 5. globalization, the increasing integration and interdependence of national economies
- 7. policy, a strict population control measure restricting most couples to one child to curb rapid population growth
- 9. the most important city or town of a country or region usually its seat of government and administrative center
- 12. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 16. massive family-controlled vertically integrated business conglomerates that dominated the Japanese economy from the Meiji Restoration (1868) until their dissolution after World War II in 1946
- 17. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- 18. wall of China, a series of fortifications in China.
- 21. Measures the frequency of childbirth in a specific population
- 22. a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels
- 25. a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
- 27. the belief system often rooted in indigenous cultures that all natural phenomena—animals plants rocks rivers and weather—possess a distinct spiritual essence consciousness and agency
- 28. a narrow valley between hills or mountains typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it
- 30. zone, a designated area typically between hostile nations or forces where Military activity installations and personnel are prohibited by treaty or agreement
Down
- 1. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
- 3. trade, a policy where governments do not restrict imports or exports through tariffs quotas or subsidies encouraging international exchange based on comparative advantage
- 4. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.
- 6. corporations, enterprises managing production or delivering services in at least one country other than their home country
- 8. the belief in one singular God the supreme creator and ruler of the universe
- 10. plateau, the world's highest and largest plateau
- 11. Parallel, a circle of latitude that famously served as the dividing line between North and South Korea following World War II in 1945
- 13. type, a printing technology using individual reusable characters (letters punctuation) that can be arranged and rearranged to form different texts
- 14. a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan
- 15. activities industries or areas relating to the sea oceans shipping and navigation
- 19. Law, the temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule during extreme emergencies
- 20. of fire, 25000-mile horseshoe-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean containing over 450 volcanoes and 75% of the world's active volcanoes
- 23. a group chain or cluster of islands scattered in oceans seas or lakes
- 24. a group of people especially traders or pilgrims traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
- 26. a style of Japanese film and television animation
- 29. Desert, The Gobi Desert is a large cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China