Across
- 6. a fine yellow soil that is windblown, causing the Huang He River to earn the name “Yellow River”
- 7. a trade route covering 4,000 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through Asia
- 8. a system of ideas named after the Greek word meaning “love of wisdom”
- 10. a divine right to rule
- 11. a series of rulers from the same family
- 12. a person who works for the government. Emperor Wu Di increased the importance of education in order to acquire a job with the government.
- 14. teaches that one should live simply and in harmony with nature
- 15. rule by a royal family
- 16. a desert area with very dry grasslands and no trees
Down
- 1. a means of written communication which is also an art form
- 2. teaching of Confucius that called for children to respect and honor their parents
- 3. a class system where the king provided lands to lords for military support, and peasants worked the land in exchange for protection
- 4. instrument that measures details of an earthquake
- 5. named himself “First Emperor of China”
- 9. a belief system that teaches about the respect and loyalty in five relationships to bring goodness to society
- 13. a form of government that gave all of the power to one leader