Ancient China

1. An organized way in which people produce, sell, and buy goods and services.
5. Class, People with a similar position in society
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9. A political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals.
11. Formal order.
14. The ability to live forever.
15. Road, A network of trade routes that stretched 4,000 miles from western China to southwest Asia.
17. A Chinese practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patients’ skin.
20. A group of families related by blood or marriage.
21. A group of traveling merchants and animals.
22. A Chinese dynasty that excelled in warfare, created the government's civil service exam.
23. A Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns.

2. 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.
3. A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
4. characters that stand for objects
6. Taught by a scholar named Hanfeizi; taught society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment.
7. A group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.
9. Piety, Head of Family honored by other members.
10. One of China’s earliest dynasties; Developed social classes
12. Wall, Wall built in 200s B.C. to protect China’s northern border.
13. An instrument used for determining direction
14. Used in Chinese writing to join two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
16. Beautiful handwriting; the art of producing beautiful handwriting.
18. A line of rulers in the same family
19. Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned.