Across
- 5. the calendar with animals used throughout Chinese history
- 8. type of political party that dominates Chinese government today
- 10. chinese emperor who built the Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors
- 12. group of people who took over after the dynasties ended
- 13. president of China today
- 16. the process by which dynasties begin and fade out over time
- 18. male ruler of an empire
- 20. buddhist leader from Tibet who is opposed to Chinese policies
- 21. site of China's earliest civilization
- 22. famous Chinese explorer from the Ming dynasty
Down
- 1. communist leader who took over China in 1949
- 2. ancient Chinese philosopher
- 3. U.S. president who was the first to visit China
- 4. the leader after Mao who tried to modernize China
- 6. program begun in 1957 that unsuccessfully tried to catch China up
- 7. a series of emperors from the same family
- 9. group of invaders from the north, led by Genghis Khan
- 11. political activist who was jailed, then died in 2017
- 14. an idea that the Cultural Revolution tried to spread throughout the country
- 15. the issue that Chinese people face whenever they breathe
- 17. the ocean off China's east coast
- 19. policy that China recently ended that dealt with population