Chapter 9: Ancient China

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Across
  1. 2. The ocean to the east of China
  2. 6. A large desert in northern China
  3. 8. The longest of the Chinese dynasties; worshiped tian; believed in the “mandate of heaven”
  4. 9. people of high rank or social position
  5. 12. a system in which nobles own the farmland which is worked by peasant, or serfs
  6. 13. A country to the north of China
  7. 14. The belief that strict laws and harsh punishments are needed to maintain an orderly society
  8. 16. a system in which each worker is appointed to a job and is trained for that job
  9. 19. control of what people read, write, hear, or see
  10. 21. A massive fortification built to defend China from Mongal invaders from the north
  11. 24. One of the two neolithic cultures in China; harvested silk from silkworms
  12. 25. One of the two neolithic cultures in China; settled where the Huang He meets the Wei
  13. 27. An advisor to Qin Shihuangdi who had books disagreeing with Legalism burned
  14. 29. different forms of the same language
  15. 30. The sea between the Korean peninsula and China
Down
  1. 1. relatives who lived in the past
  2. 2. another term for territory
  3. 3. A woman who was a mathematician, astronomer, and poet in the Han dynasty
  4. 4. The tall mountain range in southwestern China
  5. 5. a machine that detects earthquakes
  6. 7. people who follow the teachings of Mozi
  7. 10. means “bright side of the hill”; opposite of Yin
  8. 11. Largest Chinese dynasty; made advances in art and science; invented paper
  9. 15. a leader of the Lungshan; known as the “Great Engineer”; founded the Xia dynasty
  10. 17. The teachers of Confucius
  11. 18. A Chinese dynasty named after its leader Qin Shihuangdi
  12. 20. The dynasty after the Xia; skilled in working with bronze and the use of oracle bones
  13. 22. a prediction about the future
  14. 23. people who follow the teachings of Laozi by trying to find Dao or “the Way”
  15. 26. The “colorful” name for the Huang He river
  16. 28. qualities of darkness; opposite of Yang