Across
- 1. A strip of land between North and South Korea on which troops or weapons are not allowed
- 3. Peasant who established the People’s Republic of China and introduced the Great Leap Forward
- 5. Areas in China with more open economic policies and regulations designed to attract foreign business
- 8. Democratic country; archipelago east of China, booming economy
- 10. Seasonal shifts in the winds that blow when air flows north from over the Indian Ocean and brings wet, rainy weather.
- 13. City that was controlled by Great Britain until 1998 when it returned to Chinese control
- 15. Hinduism’s holy river that runs through India and Bangladesh
- 17. Man that led the independence movement in India with nonviolent resistance
- 21. Tallest mountain in the world
- 23. Country that is a heavily censored and controlled Communist Dictatorship with nuclear weapons
- 24. Capital of China
- 25. Majority religion in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
- 26. Social hierarchy that people are born into in India which gives them a rank in society
- 27. Continent that is also a single country
- 28. Capital of Japan
- 30. Peaceful and Democratic country whose capital city is Seoul and has hostile neighbors to its north
- 32. Hindu belief that when you die you will be reborn in another form
- 33. Chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Ocean where the majority of volcanoes and earthquakes occur
- 36. Chain of islands
Down
- 2. Area in the upper atmosphere that protects us from the sun’s UV rays; a hole is open over part of Australia that contributes to higher levels of skin cancer
- 4. All the islands in the Pacific Ocean are collectively known by what name
- 6. Economic system that favors state ownership of production; located in China and North Korea
- 7. Seasonal shifts in the winds that blow when air flows south from the Asian interior and brings warm dry air.
- 9. What gender takes care of the aging Chinese population, and is preferred in society?
- 11. Largest physical feature on the planet
- 12. Controversial Dam being built on the Chang Jiang River in China to help control flooding
- 14. World’s largest stretch of coral located off the coast of Australia
- 16. Majority religion in India and Nepal that believes in reincarnation and uses the caste system
- 18. Ring-shaped coral island
- 19. Government type preferred by South Vietnam and South Korea
- 20. Most populated country in the world; earned its independence with the leadership of Gandhi
- 22. Country that was created for the Muslims from the partitioning of India
- 29. Most widely practiced faith in China based on the teachings of Confucius that focused on a well ordered society and importance of education
- 31. Country that colonized India, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand
- 34. A war on this peninsula was fought from 1950-1953 and never officially ended
- 35. Communist country; 2nd most populous in the world and booming economy because of special economic zones
- 37. Policy in China that sought to limit its rapidly growing population and ended in 2016