Across
- 2. religion founded by prince Siddhartha Gautama that taught that people could be free of suffering if they gave up selfish desires
- 5. university at which four student protesters were killed on May 4, 1970
- 6. end of the cycle of suffering, ultimate goal for Buddhists
- 7. peninsula jutting out from Asia that includes Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
- 9. country with the largest Muslim population in the world
- 10. last name of the tough Filipino leader who has cracked down on drugs in the country
- 11. the fields in which rice is grown
- 15. the major battle of 1968 that turned Americans against the Vietnam War
- 16. trade deal involving many Southeast Asian nations
- 17. group of communists who formed and opposed Ngo Dinh Diem in an attempt to unify Vietnam
- 18. Hindu temple built in the 1100s by the Khmer civilization
- 19. region of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
Down
- 1. site in which a North Vietnamese gunboat attacked the USS Maddox
- 3. farming that provides only enough to feed the family
- 4. plan to gradually withdraw U.S. troops and replace them with South Vietnamese soldiers
- 8. the month of 1963 in which the American and South Vietnamese leaders were assassinated
- 12. the teachings of the Buddha, showing all of society’s misery
- 13. pesticide sprayed over Vietnam to kill crops and harm the communists
- 14. the quest for a way of life that would give the greatest value to human existence and help relieve the world of suffering