Ancient China Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a type grain grown in China
  2. 5. farming a type of farming in which steps are cut into slopes to keep that rain from draining nutrients from the soil
  3. 9. stories that explain the creation of the world
  4. 10. a levee or dam built to avert flooding
  5. 12. a mountain range extending about 1,500 miles along the southern border between India and Tibet
  6. 16. a group of non-elected government workers
  7. 17. piety people's responsibility to respect and obey their parents
  8. 19. Middle Kingdom the ancient Chinese gave their civilization this name because they believed that China was the center of the world.
  9. 21. system a system of giving government jobs to those who are qualified, rather than to family members and friends
  10. 23. a law or order
  11. 24. China Plain the area surrounding the lower Yellow River and its tributaries, as well as the empty steppe to the north.
  12. 25. class people with the same social and economic circumstances.
  13. 26. Wall of China a fortification built to prevent northern tribes from entering China
Down
  1. 1. service government jobs gained by a passing an exam
  2. 3. a rich yellow type of silt from the Yellow River
  3. 4. cotta glazed or unglazed fired clay used especially for statues
  4. 6. a large population with a strong central government, cities, division of labor, social classes, writing and the arts.
  5. 7. it is the fourth largest country in the world
  6. 8. cotta warriors” an army of around 9,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, 520 horses and 150 cavalry entirely made of terracotta, placed in the tomb of emperor, Shi Huangdi.
  7. 9. of Heaven the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
  8. 11. military leader who organized and commanded his own army.
  9. 13. Road a network of trade routes hat led from China to the mid-East and Europe
  10. 14. fabric made from the filaments of silk worms
  11. 15. a family of rulers
  12. 18. a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility
  13. 20. Ho River the second longest river in China (also known as both the Yellow River and the Dragon River).
  14. 22. type of money
  15. 25. and burn farming a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it
  16. 26. Desert a vast desert in northern China