East and Southeast Asia

5. People usually migrate from rural to this.
7. Global business center and British controlled city until 1997.
8. Most of the population in the Philippines practice this religion.
10. The only landlocked country of East Asia.
11. Religion in China emphasizing a retreat from man's laws and becoming one with nature.
12. Built along the contours of the hills of the Mekong River to create fields for growing rice.
16. The desert that brings dust storms and loess to China.
18. The name the people of Japan call their country.
20. This river is also called the Yellow River.
22. An island off the coast of China and an autonomous region of this country.
23. Exiled religious leader of Tibet.
24. The second longest river of the world.
25. Religion focusing on social harmony, importance of family and respect for older people.
27. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are all located on this peninsula.
28. Ethnic religion in Japan.

1. City in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
2. The largest island of Japan.
3. Japanese word that describes an ocean wave triggered by an earthquake, volcano eruption or landslide.
4. This river forms the border between Laos and Thailand.
6. A chain of islands or closely grouped islands.
9. Former Portuguese province in the south of China.
12. The most populous metropolitan area in the world and capital of Japan.
13. This country is the #1 exporter of rice in the world.
14. The Three Gorges Dam produces this kind of power.
15. An autonomous region of China with a mostly Buddhist population.
17. East Asia's highest plateau region.
19. River whose estuary runs near Hong Kong.
21. The only landlocked country of Southeast Asia.
26. Capital city of China.