JR Asia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. The semi-communist state in East Asia that one of the world’s biggest world powers and its second largest economy.
  2. 6. The animal that is used in farms to produce silk that Chu Ju works with for several years.
  3. 7. The disastrous Chinese economic initiative put in place in 1958 before the Cultural Revolution by Mao Zedong to strengthen China’s economy.
  4. 11. The canal that goes through the Sinai region of Egypt. Is the place where the ship Ever Given was stuck in for several days.
  5. 13. The raised, flat region north of the Himalayas that is mostly in the Chinese region of Tibet.
  6. 16. The revolution in China that continued after the end of World War Two that ended in 1949 with a communist victory under Mao Zedong and the nationalists being exiled to the island of Taiwan.
  7. 18. The mother in the fishing family that Chu Ju becomes an unofficial daughter to for a while.
  8. 20. The proxy war fought in Southeast Asia between the United States and South Vietnam, and the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong that lasted from 1955-1975.
Down
  1. 1. The name of the baby girl that Chu Ju runs away in order to save.
  2. 2. The large region in the southwestern part of Asia. It is covered mostly by desert, split by war, and its main religion is Islam. Some major countries are Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, and Iran.
  3. 4. The name of the extremely common agricultural field that is used for producing rice in Asia.
  4. 5. This country is known for being mainly in the Arabian Desert, and its name includes a major ethnic group.
  5. 8. The proxy war fought in Korea between the United States and South Korea, and North Korea and China that lasted from 1950-1953.
  6. 9. The mountain range separating China and India that is home to some of the tallest mountains in the world including Mt. Everest and K2.
  7. 10. The purge instigated by Mao Zedong to get rid of old Chinese ideals, secure the government’s and the people’s loyalties, and indoctrinate China’s youth.
  8. 12. The country whose lands are claimed by China and claims all of China’s lands plus some more as well.
  9. 14. The major Chinese city Quan goes to for work.
  10. 15. The largest country in Asia that is split between European and Asian sections.
  11. 17. The second most populous country in Asia and the only country to have an ocean named after it.
  12. 19. A peninsula jutting out of the central Middle East that is entirely controlled by the country of Turkey.