China and Japan

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Across
  1. 2. Chinese invention that helped with navigating ships and making maps
  2. 4. Marco ________ travelled to China along the Silk Road
  3. 5. The balancing forces of Taoism are known as the Yin and
  4. 7. A famous trade route from China to Eastern Europe
  5. 9. Class of warriors in Feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land
  6. 15. This wonder of the world was built as protection from the Mongols to the north of China
  7. 16. A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name
  8. 17. Yangtze and Yellow
Down
  1. 1. The ancient Chinese invented this long before Johannes Gutenburg did in Europe
  2. 2. Chinese religious leader famous for his philosophical sayings
  3. 3. A material made from the cocoons of special worms
  4. 6. Continent of China
  5. 8. The Yuan Dynasty was established by the leader of this foreign people
  6. 10. The Terracotta _______ was built for the burial of the first emperor of China
  7. 11. The art of handwriting
  8. 12. Ancient China was ruled by a series of families called
  9. 13. Invention that allowed the Chinese to make guns, canons, and fireworks
  10. 14. The right of an emperor to rule China was called the _______ of Heaven