Across
- 3. an ancient Chinese philosophy stating that a strong leader and a strong legal system, not moral values, are needed to create social order
- 5. general study of knowledge and the world; Greek for “love of wisdom”
- 8. a therapy that uses needles to cure sickness and stop pain
- 11. in ancient China, the right to rule given to a dynasty by Heaven, the highest force of nature
- 14. Japanese religion based on the worship of spirits commercial intended for trade or other business
- 15. a disagreement or debate
- 16. a storage pool of water
- 20. of land, able to be used to grow crops
- 21. present in a region since ancient or prehistoric times
- 22. free from or not subjected to
- 23. vast area of grasslands
- 25. a narrow, confined area connecting one or more places
- 26. the push to the limits of ability
- 27. long wall running east and west along the Chinese empire’s northern border
- 28. to return to a former state
Down
- 1. describing a society in which almost all people belong to the same ethnic group
- 2. payment from conquered peoples or to a more powerful country
- 4. tidal wave, or large wave that can flood coastal areas
- 6. to limit or restrict
- 7. unchanging; not likely to give away
- 9. characteristic of one person or thing
- 10. the study of human population trends
- 12. series of trading routes that crossed Asia and connected China to the Medi
- 13. belief system based on the teaching of the Chinese philosopher Confucius
- 15. a philosophy of following Dao, that is the natural way of the universe
- 17. devotion of children to their parents
- 18. a system of government employees mainly selected for their ability
- 19. system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations
- 24. to fill or be present in
- 25. group of families with a common ancestor