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3. Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries, and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq.
5. A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.
8. Indonesian army general who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 and ruled for the next three decades as a dictator.
9. A large group of islands in southeast Asia with diverse ethnic groups. Catholics are the biggest religious group, but there is a Muslim minority in the south.
10. A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996.
11. Religious minority in India; the religion drew its ideas from both Hinduism and Islam.
15. A very diverse part of southeast Asia with people of Chinese, Indian, and Malay descent.
16. Political and diplomatic independence from both Cold War superpowers.
17. A part of the southeast Asian mainland. Burmans, the largest ethnic group, dominate other groups. The military government has limited foreign trade, and living standards are low.
18. Formerly East Paskistan; south east nation that borders India, populated mostly by Bengalis.
20. First prime minister of India after independence from Britain.
22. Body of Islamic law that includes a strict interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life.
24. The largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa.

1. Series of islands in southeast Asia that used to be ruled by the Netherlands as the Dutch East Indies.
2. A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group.
4. Open grassland with scattered trees.
6. A division into parts. Done to the Indian subcontinent to make Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum.
8. Leader of Indonesian independence movement; first president of Indonesia.
12. A region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent; India and Pakistan dispute control of it.
13. The northwestern part of India that borders Pakistan. Sihks living there wanted independence from India. Sihk separatists occupied the Golden Temple and were killed by troops sent by Indira Gandhi.
14. The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
19. Largest ethnic group of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan); they fought for independence from Pakistan and won, founding the country of Bangladesh.
21. Non-religious.
23. Leader of the Philippines who was elected democratically but ruled as a dictator.