Asian-American Pacific Islander Month 2021 - Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. actress/director/comedian of Indian-American descent from Cambridge, Massachusetts
  2. 5. hinduism, christianity, buddhism, and ____ are the most common religious views among Asian-Americans
  3. 8. this neighborhood in New York City hosts an annual festival to celebrate AAPI Month
  4. 9. Samoans and Chamorus are indigenous peoples to this U.S. state
  5. 10. Award-winning film follows a Chinese-American family; starring actress Akwafina
  6. 12. region in Asia where Bangladeshi Americans, Bhutanese Americans, Indian Americans (including Indo-Caribbean Americans and Indo-Fijian Americans), Maldivian Americans, Nepalese Americans, Pakistani Americans, and Sri Lankan Americans are from
  7. 13. Melanesia, Micronesia, and ________
  8. 14. this ethnic group first arrived in 1885
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  1. 1. historian and civil rights activist who first coined the term "Asian American"
  2. 2. the initial length of the Asian American Pacific Islander celebration when it was first introduced
  3. 3. May is a significant month as it marks the arrival of the first _____ immigrant
  4. 6. in 2017, we had 3 Asian-American women elected into the ______
  5. 7. Yung Wing's alma mater
  6. 11. in 1765 the first Filipino Americans settled in this southern state