Across
- 4. a teacher and government official who taught respect for parents, government, and each other
- 5. poor farmers of Ancient China
- 8. emperor whose rule was based on Legalism
- 9. a desert in China that discouraged immigrants and invaders
- 15. belief that the gods either approved is disproved the emperors or dynasties
- 17. Along with roads, these helped unify China
- 18. longest ruling dynasty of ancient China
- 19. built to guard the tomb of Shi Huangdi
- 22. land between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers were Chinese civilization began
- 27. structure built to protect China's northern border
- 28. led farmer's revolt against Qin Dynasty
Down
- 1. philosophy that taught the forces of nature like yin and yang
- 2. the exchange of ideas and culture with other cultures
- 3. ancient Chinese leader who learned to control the flooding of the Yellow River
- 6. China's "golden age"
- 7. overland and maritime routes that connected China to the world via trade
- 10. period of constant war between the states of the Zhou
- 11. pieces of animal shell or bone used to communicate with ancestors
- 12. relating to the sea
- 13. dynasty that ordered social structures and writing
- 14. founder of Daoism
- 16. China was separated from the rest of the world by ___ barriers
- 20. those worshiped by the ancient Chinese to make sure good things happened
- 21. fabric made from the cocoons of silkworms
- 23. invention that helped spread ideas and unify China
- 24. philosophy that taught strict rules and harsh punishments
- 25. book that recorded the writings of Confucius
- 26. founder of Legalism