Ancient China Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. Road A network of trade routes that stretched more than 4,000 miles across Asia
  2. 6. A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws.
  3. 11. Something that takes away the feeling of pain.
  4. 15. Honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead.
  5. 17. A loose robe worn by men in Rome.
  6. 18. A written character that represents a word.
  7. 19. A system of government based on landowners and tenants.
Down
  1. 1. The man who became emperor over a united China from 221 to 210 BCE. He built the Great Wall of China and was considered both a strong and cruel leader.
  2. 2. Living away from one's native country.
  3. 3. A large group of friends and family.
  4. 4. A place where water can be found in a desert.
  5. 7. A power or law believed to be granted by a god.
  6. 8. A form of government that is structured like a pyramid, with a few people at the top and many at the bottom.
  7. 9. Meat that comes from sheep.
  8. 10. A type of iron ore.
  9. 12. A stream that feeds into a larger river.
  10. 13. A group of people traveling together.
  11. 14. To make the same.
  12. 16. A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior.
  13. 20. A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature. This philosophy is also spelled Taoism.