Ancient China

2. A Chinese dynasty that excelled in warfare, created the government's civil service exam.
4. A group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.
8. One of China’s earliest dynasties; Developed social classes
9. An organized way in which people produce, sell, and buy goods and services.
11. A political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals.
12. Taught by a scholar named Hanfeizi; taught society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment.
14. characters that stand for objects
18. 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.
21. A group of traveling merchants and animals.
22. An instrument used for determining direction.
23. Formal order.
24. A Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns.

1. Beautiful handwriting; the art of producing beautiful handwriting.
3. A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
5. A Chinese practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patients’ skin.
6. A group of families related by blood or marriage.
7. Wall Wall built in 200s B.C. to protect China’s northern border.
10. Piety Head of Family honored by other members.
13. Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned.
15. Used in Chinese writing to join two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
16. Road A network of trade routes that stretched 4,000 miles from western China to southwest Asia.
17. The ability to live forever.
19. Class People with a similar position in society
20. A line of rulers in the same family