Across
- 6. movement in 60s to bring agricultural advances
- 7. mountains along the coast of India
- 9. rainshadow effect desert in China and Mongolia
- 12. alphabets that use characters for whole words
- 13. a multi-tiered tower built as religious structures in Buddhism
- 15. markets where goods are sold off boats
- 17. area disputed by India and Pakistan
- 19. economic union in south east Asia
- 20. highest mountain in Japan
Down
- 1. gets its name from the yellowish tint due to loess
- 2. religious structure in Islam religion
- 3. the economics leader in this area
- 4. Highest elevation of any area in the world, AKA "the roof of the world"
- 5. communist country that began to transition to a free market economy in the 70s
- 8. island site in Asia
- 10. river that begins in the Hindu Kush
- 11. method of dying fabric by covering fabric with wax
- 14. highest peak in the world
- 16. Highest mountains in the world
- 18. Structure containing relics, often a place of Buddhist meditation