Topic 5.3 - Chinese Belief Systems & Zhou Dynasty Control

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Across
  1. 2. Fine, fertile soil deposited by the Yellow River
  2. 5. Payment or service given to a ruler
  3. 7. Important tool for developing moral leaders
  4. 10. Philosophy emphasizing balance and harmony with nature
  5. 11. Ranked social order
  6. 14. A line of rulers from the same family
  7. 15. Powerful landowners granted land by the king
  8. 16. Organized resistance against rulers
  9. 18. Barriers Mountains, deserts, and seas that limit movement and contact
  10. 22. Piety Respect for parents and ancestors
  11. 24. Individuals who received land in exchange for service
  12. 25. Political system based on land-for-loyalty agreements
  13. 26. Philosopher who taught moral leadership and social order
  14. 27. A spiritual force connected to order and balance
  15. 28. Earlier Chinese dynasty overthrown by the Zhou
  16. 30. Living with minimal interference
  17. 31. Harmony Peaceful functioning of society through order
Down
  1. 1. Belief in many gods or spirits
  2. 3. Overflow of water that can both help and harm agriculture
  3. 4. He Major river that supported farming but caused destructive floods
  4. 5. Customs passed down over time
  5. 6. Formal religious practices
  6. 8. Distribution of power away from the central government
  7. 9. Harmony between opposites
  8. 12. Philosophy focused on ethics, relationships, and harmony
  9. 13. System Hierarchical structure of land ownership and service
  10. 14. Cycle The rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
  11. 17. The accepted right to rule
  12. 19. Legendary founder of Daoism
  13. 20. The natural way of the universe
  14. 21. Dynasty that ruled China after the Shang
  15. 23. Farmers who worked the land
  16. 29. and Yang Opposing forces that depend on each other