China Geography and River Valley Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the ___ china plain was where the fertile soil was left after the flood
  2. 5. a family of rulers
  3. 9. Closely related people of several generations is an __ family
  4. 11. the name of the first dynasty
  5. 13. the head of the household
Down
  1. 1. A type of small-seeded grain grown by the Chinese
  2. 2. __ were expected to have proper speech and domestic skills
  3. 3. Chinese written characters that represent words or ideas
  4. 5. A protective wall that controls water around a river
  5. 6. the huang river is also known as the ___ river
  6. 7. yellow-brown soil
  7. 8. the mandate of ___ allows rulers to have absolute power
  8. 10. animal that bring the Chinese good luck and represents rivers
  9. 12. the river where the first Chinese civilization began