Ancient China Puzzle

3. a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
4. a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia
7. location where ruins were found from the Shang dynasty, China's first civilization
13. a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
15. a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
17. the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
18. one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
19. a river flowing from western China into the Bohai Gulf, 2,800 miles long
20. a network of roads along which traders traveled

1. a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
2. honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the spirits of the dead
5. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws
6. flowing from the highlands of Tibet in western China generally eastward, 3,395 miles long
8. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
9. a piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors
10. the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
11. the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
12. a person who works for a government
14. a system of government based on landowners and tenants
16. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature