SE Asia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. coffee, tea, rubber, soybeans, sugar, fruit, and rice
  2. 6. gained control of communist North Vietnam
  3. 7. the teachings of the Buddha, showing all of society’s misery
  4. 9. the quest for a way of life that would give the greatest value to human existence and help relieve the world of suffering
  5. 11. Diem led a corrupt government, offered little assistance to the poor, & oppressed Buddhists
  6. 15. farming to sell
  7. 18. Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines
  8. 23. the self, the cause of all misery
  9. 24. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  10. 25. Ho Chi Minh’s communist supporters in the North
  11. 26. farming farming that only provides enough for family
  12. 29. largest temple in the world, Hindu temple built in the 1100s by the Khmer civilization
  13. 30. forest resources bamboo, oil, and natural gas
Down
  1. 1. founded by prince Siddhartha Gautama, taught that people could be free of suffering if they gave up selfish desires for power, wealth, and pleasure, became known as the “Buddha,” or the “Enlightened One”
  2. 3. imposed martial law against the country’s drug problem
  3. 4. gradually withdraw U.S. troops & replace them with South Vietnamese soldiers
  4. 5. Dinh Diem became democratic president of South Vietnam
  5. 8. grown in paddies (wet, flooded fields), important part of the diet
  6. 10. Wall was built to honor the dead, wounded, and missing
  7. 12. led by President Rodrigo Duterte
  8. 13. a group of communists
  9. 14. hit SE Asia on December 26th, killed 230,000 people
  10. 16. Burma
  11. 17. mostly tropical, have monsoons and typhoons, support massive amounts of rain forest
  12. 19. and Vietnam two of the world’s five remaining communist nations
  13. 20. end of the cycle of suffering, ultimate goal for Buddhists
  14. 21. Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
  15. 22. Offensive a turning point in the Vietnam War
  16. 27. one of the world’s leading economies and a center of trade in SE Asia
  17. 28. action that brings about pleasant or unpleasant results