Ancient China Puzzle

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  1. 3. the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
  2. 7. a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
  3. 13. flowing from the highlands of Tibet in western China generally eastward, 3,395 miles long
  4. 14. a piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors
  5. 15. the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
  6. 16. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
  7. 17. one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
  8. 18. honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the spirits of the dead
  9. 20. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws
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  1. 1. a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
  2. 2. the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
  3. 4. a person who works for a government
  4. 5. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
  5. 6. a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
  6. 8. a system of government based on landowners and tenants
  7. 9. a network of roads along which traders traveled
  8. 10. a river flowing from western China into the Bohai Gulf, 2,800 miles long
  9. 11. a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
  10. 12. location where ruins were found from the Shang dynasty, China's first civilization
  11. 19. a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia