Unit 6) Ancient China Vocabulary
Across
- 2. to make the same
- 4. A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
- 6. Able to live forever; cannot die
- 7. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
- 9. to improve the quality of something
- 10. Detached or separated, alone
- 14. a person who works for a government (two words no spaces)
- 17. the part of a country that borders another country or territory
- 20. a place, usually in a desert, where water can be found
- 21. in Shang China, animal bone or turtle shell used by priests to predict the future (2 words no spaces)
- 22. a metal mixture of copper and tin
- 23. Difference between things
- 25. A system of government based on landowners and tenants
- 26. light, fertile soil that yields good amounts of grain crops
Down
- 1. to remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous
- 3. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
- 5. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
- 8. To gain possession of
- 11. a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of strict obedience to laws
- 12. The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another (2 words no spaces)
- 13. The ______ Dynasty ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
- 15. smaller streams and rivers that flow into a main river
- 16. a network of roads along which traders traveled(2 words no spaces)
- 18. rise in rebellion
- 19. The _______ Dynasty was a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
- 24. a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia(2 words no spaces)
- 27. The ____________dynasty was one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E.