Across
- 4. The silk Road connected people from Asia and ____.
- 8. The Huang He is nicknamed the River of ______ due to the many deaths its floods have caused.
- 12. Emperor Qin created this for his tomb to protect him in the after life
- 13. River that is also called the Yellow River.
- 14. this person urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors.
- 16. dynasty that is believed to have built the first cities in China.
- 19. harsh ruler that punished or killed people who disagreed with him
- 20. a rocky desert located in China
- 21. about 9 out of 10 Chinese were ______. (hint: social classes)
- 23. Shang kings relied on ____ to stay in power.
Down
- 1. This river flows from west to east. Only the Amazon and Nile are longer than it
- 2. The Great Wall of China is sometimes called the Wall of ___ b/c of the many people who died building it.
- 3. Shang kings asked for help using ____ bones.
- 5. Followers of Confucius wrote down his ideas in this work.
- 6. This dynasty overthrew the Shang government. They ruled longer than any other dynasty in China.
- 7. mountain range located n southwest China, separating them from South Asia.
- 9. ____ and government were closely linked because Shang kings believed the gods chose them.
- 10. thinker who introduced the ideas of legalism
- 11. this philosophy says that people should turn to nature.
- 15. philosophy that stressed the importance of a system of laws.
- 17. structure built during the Qin dynasty to protect China from outsiders.
- 18. This network of trade routes grew during the Han dynasty.
- 22. dynasty that followed the Qin and used civil service structure
- 24. this person's ideas are what makes Daoism.