East asia

4. The average number of children born per woman
5. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
10. a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria
12. an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality
13. a large Japanese business conglomerate.
15. connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.

1. a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and southern Mongolia
2. the largest area of uplifted crust on Earth
3. an area, agreed upon between the parties to an armed conflict, which cannot be occupied or used for military purposes by any party to the conflict
6. a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
7. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
8. a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
9. path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
11. belief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests
14. a group of islands.