Across
- 3. a person who moves to a foreign country for a job, education, or to reunite with family
- 6. the majority ethnicity in China
- 7. system of cameras, AI, police, and other systems used to monitor the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xianjing to watch for suspicious activities
- 9. the government of China
- 11. a culture, religion, of a people
- 13. place of worship for Muslims; in Xianjing, Uighurs are afraid of going because they might be arrested
- 15. people who are forced from their homes but stay within country limits
- 18. camps set up in Xianjing by the Chinese government to “involuntarily indoctrinate” the people into no longer practicing their traditional culture or religion
- 19. shelter or protection from danger that is given by a country to a person who was forced to leave their country
- 20. an ethnic minority in Xianjing
- 21. mass killing of a group of people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, etc
Down
- 1. largest region in the western part of China
- 2. the president of China who is known for the crackdown on Uighurs in Xianjing, increasing the number detention centers in the region
- 4. the Uighur language is this type of language
- 5. country that a refugee relocates to
- 8. trying to erase a culture from a country through forced migration, killing, and genocide
- 10. a person who leaves their country due to a well founded fear of persecution based on their race, ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, etc; are protected under international law; must cross international border; must request and be given asylum
- 12. people who practice Islam
- 14. religion practiced by the Uighur people
- 16. a person who is asking for protection from persecution they faced their country based on their race, ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, etc.
- 17. Uighur people in China are being kept in __________ for their religious beliefs, connections to people in foreign countries, having apps such as What’s App, and for practice their traditional ethnic culture.