Ancient China and Japan

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  1. 4. A subgroup of major religious group
  2. 6. A philosophy that emerged in Song dynasty China; it revived Confucius thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements
  3. 7. An organization of people in the same craft or trade
  4. 10. A river that runs through northern China, "River of Sorrow" because of frequent flooding
  5. 12. Sports that involve combat and self-defense
  6. 14. A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
  7. 16. The art of fine handwriting
  8. 17. A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures
  9. 19. A gemstone that comes in many shades of green
  10. 22. A Chinese philosophy in which people live a simple life in harmony with nature
  11. 24. Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran
  12. 25. The focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
  13. 26. A series of rulers from the same family
  14. 27. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trades
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  1. 1. World's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China, started by the Qin dynasty, expanded by the Han dynasty
  2. 2. Sparse, dry, treeless grassland
  3. 3. A religion based on the teachings of Buddha
  4. 5. Founder of the Mongol Empire
  5. 6. A long work of fiction
  6. 8. A wild and uncivilized person
  7. 9. The official count of a population
  8. 11. Class of warriors in Feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land
  9. 13. A general ruled Japan in the emperor's name
  10. 15. Collection of 7,000 life-sized sculptures made from pottery in the tomb of Shi Huangdi
  11. 18. People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history
  12. 20. A person under the protection of feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance
  13. 21. Chinese philosopher, he was the most influential teacher in Chinese history. His teaching is called Confucianism; focused on morality, family, society, and government
  14. 23. Built in the Ming Dynasty, was a stunning monument in Beijing built for Yonglo. All commoners and foreigners were forbidden to enter without special permission