Across
- 2. a printing method that uses individual pieces of metal, wood, or ceramic to create printed text
- 3. a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children
- 5. the process of increasing economic integration and interdependence between countries
- 7. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center
- 8. a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius
- 9. a group of people such as traders or pilgrims
- 11. a large Japanese business conglomerate
- 12. latitude 38 degrees north
- 15. total number of children born in a period of time
- 16. a large cold desert and grassland region located in northern china
- 18. a military retainer of a Japanese daimyo practicing the code of conduct of bushido
- 20. the belief in or worship of more than one god
- 21. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce
- 24. a series of fortifications in China
- 27. a Chinese government policy that limited most families to one child
- 28. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law
- 29. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it
Down
- 1. a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan
- 2. a company that operates in multiple countries, with headquarters in one country
- 4. a huge flat area of land surrounded by very tall mountains
- 6. a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children
- 10. international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions
- 13. an area from which weapons and military forces have been removed
- 14. a group of islands
- 17. a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes and seismic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean
- 19. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china
- 22. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- 23. connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity
- 25. the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena
- 26. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
