Ancient China

2. people of high rank
4. moral values
6. the spread of ideas, goods, and technology from one culture to another
10. the ideas of Confucius
12. a prediction
13. a soft, light, highly valued fabric
14. a barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern front (no space)
17. Stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality
18. uses the positions of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day

1. a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
3. A hard gemstone
5. Term means “first Emperor” (no space)
7. a Chinese philosopher. His ideas greatly influenced the government
8. the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
9. 4,000 mile long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea(no spaceS)
11. Farmers with small farms
15. The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
16. a Chinese philosopher who is the founder of Taoism