Across
- 4. A group of people who does not stay long in the same place.
- 6. Allowed Japan to develop into a modern industrial nation-state.
- 7. Japan's native belief system and predates historical records.
- 8. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
- 12. Payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.
- 13. Inteded for trade or other business.
- 16. Member of a Central Asian ethnographic group of closely related tribal people who live mainly on the Mongolian Plateau.
Down
- 1. A religion where people believe that human life is a cycle of suffering and rebirth.
- 2. A person sent on a religious mission.
- 3. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
- 5. A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
- 9. The study of the basic ideas about knowledge, truth, right and wrong, religion, and the nature and meaning of life.
- 10. Form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
- 11. Suffering or death caused by hunger.
- 14. A person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
- 15. The Korean alphabet, which consists of characters representing consonants and vowels that are combined into larger units representing syllables.