Early Civilizations of China

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Across
  1. 6. canal linking northern and southern China
  2. 8. instrument that uses Earth's magnetic field to show direction
  3. 10. invented paper, sundial, seismograph, and acupuncture; began trade along the Silk Road
  4. 11. capital during the Song dynasty
  5. 12. invented woodblock printing and gunpowder
  6. 13. founders of the Yuan dynasty
  7. 15. created first writing system
  8. 16. educated member of the government
Down
  1. 1. unified China in 589
  2. 2. a form of printing
  3. 3. longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history
  4. 4. thin, beautiful pottery invented by the Chinese
  5. 5. service as a government official
  6. 7. body of unelected government officials
  7. 9. built the Forbidden City;expanded the Great Wall of China
  8. 14. mixture of powders used in guns and explosives