5-2: Life in Ancient China

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Across
  1. 2. In Chinese families, did the men or the women manage the family money?
  2. 3. Flat areas, like a series of deep steps, cut into a mountain.
  3. 5. Chinese philosophy that promotes a peaceful society.
  4. 7. The three main social classes of ancient China were landowning aristocrats, peasant farmers, and _______.
  5. 10. The belief that children had to respect their parents and older relatives.
  6. 12. Belief that all men with a talent for governing should take part in government.
  7. 13. This ancient calculator was used by the Chinese to solve math problems.
  8. 14. Belief that government needed to issue harsh laws and stiff punishments to force people to do their duty.
Down
  1. 1. Peasants planted and cultivated ________ plants in large flooded fields.
  2. 2. Daoists believe that people should give up ________.
  3. 4. Ancient China's first great thinker and teacher.
  4. 6. The basic building block of Chinese society.
  5. 8. Chinese philosopher who believed that all humans were natually evil.
  6. 9. China's aristocrats owned large ________ in early China.
  7. 11. Chinese teacher who founded Daoism.