Across
- 2. peoples of the Pacific Islands—particularly those who are indigenous to them
- 4. is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa
- 6. the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia
- 9. the longest river in Asia
- 11. an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, shares one of the world’s most heavily militarized borders
- 12. Largest island of the windward group of French Polynesia
- 13. the third largest country by area in the world and located in East Asia
- 14. Any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water
- 15. the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
- 16. One of the largest festivals in the world celebrated in India. The number of people attending the festival is so large that the crowd is visible in satellite photos taken from space.
Down
- 1. an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean
- 3. Customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements or a particular nation, people, or social group
- 5. Made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean
- 7. a person's unique, inherited sense of family identity: the values, traditions, culture, and artifacts handed down by previous generations
- 8. the largest of French Polynesia's 118 islands
- 10. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
- 14. a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world.