Ancient China

2. A group of traveling merchants and animals.
5. A political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals.
6. Wall Wall built in 200s B.C. to protect China’s northern border.
7. An instrument used for determining direction
10. Road A network of trade routes that stretched 4,000 miles from western China to southwest Asia.
11. Piety Head of Family honored by other members.
12. Formal order.
13. An organized way in which people produce sell and buy goods and services.
16. Taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society; taught by Confucius.
18. A line of rulers in the same family
20. A Chinese dynasty that excelled in warfare, created the government's civil service exam.
21. Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned.
23. Class People with a similar position in society
24. Beautiful handwriting; the art of producing beautiful handwriting.

1. A group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.
3. A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
4. Taught by a scholar named Hanfeizi; taught society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment.
8. One of China’s earliest dynasties; Developed social classes
9. Characters that stand for objects
14. A group of families related by blood or marriage.
15. A Chinese practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patients’ skin.
17. Used in Chinese writing to join two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
19. A Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns.
22. The ability to live forever.