Across
- 2. the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia
- 3. first emperor of the Han dynasty. Lessened the harsh punishment and high taxes of the Qin Dynasty.
- 4. Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north.
- 5. the belief in China that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled with strict laws and harsh punishments.
- 10. landform in northern China that made it difficult to invade from the north.
- 13. Also known as the Yellow River. The first civilizations in China formed there.
- 15. holy book for Confucianism where his students wrote down many of his teachings.
- 17. a system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle, not awarding government positions and jobs based on favoritism. This became popular during the Han Dynasty.
- 19. Major river in southern China. Third longest in the world. China expanded to this river.
- 20. This landform separates India from China and are the tallest in the world.
- 22. A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption
- 24. a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms. One of two trade goods that made China extremely wealthy.
- 25. A series of rulers from the same family.
- 26. a series of trade routes that finally connects China to the rest of the world. The main good being traded on these routes was Chinese silk, but many products and ideas were traded along the route that stretch from China, to India, through the Middle East, all the way to the Roman Empire. Merchants would travel these routes in caravans.
Down
- 1. A tall, large area of flat land north of the Himalayas in southern China.
- 6. a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source (the gods).
- 7. the first known dynasty in China. Invented bronze and China. Chinese writing was also developed during their time.
- 8. a philosophy in China that focuses on manners, kinship, and each person knowing and performing their role in society (social hierarchy).
- 9. Leader of the Qin Dynasty most known for the Great Wall of China and the Terra Cotta Soldiers who protect his tomb. He forced China to use the same (standardized) writing, money, laws, etc. so they would be united under one culture.
- 11. a way of producing copies of books, writing, and art in which a text or picture is carved into a block of wood and the block is then coated with ink and pressed on the page.
- 12. Ruled over China during the Golden Age of China. Made improvements and expansions to the Great Wall, came out with new technologies such as modern paper, acupuncture, the magnetic compass, woodblock printing, porcelain, and silk.
- 14. a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures invented by Ancient China. The material was mostly made into vases, jars, or plates in order to be sold. The second trade good that made China very wealthy.
- 16. in Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors. Still a major part of Chinese culture today.
- 18. groups of people, usually merchants, traveling together for protection from robbers over long distances.
- 21. First group to unite all of the other groups of China together under one culture.
- 23. chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength