Across
- 2. The ocean to the east of China
- 6. A large desert in northern China
- 8. The longest of the Chinese dynasties; worshiped tian; believed in the “mandate of heaven”
- 9. people of high rank or social position
- 12. a system in which nobles own the farmland which is worked by peasant, or serfs
- 13. A country to the north of China
- 14. The belief that strict laws and harsh punishments are needed to maintain an orderly society
- 16. a system in which each worker is appointed to a job and is trained for that job
- 19. control of what people read, write, hear, or see
- 21. A massive fortification built to defend China from Mongal invaders from the north
- 24. One of the two neolithic cultures in China; harvested silk from silkworms
- 25. One of the two neolithic cultures in China; settled where the Huang He meets the Wei
- 27. An advisor to Qin Shihuangdi who had books disagreeing with Legalism burned
- 29. different forms of the same language
- 30. The sea between the Korean peninsula and China
Down
- 1. relatives who lived in the past
- 2. another term for territory
- 3. A woman who was a mathematician, astronomer, and poet in the Han dynasty
- 4. The tall mountain range in southwestern China
- 5. a machine that detects earthquakes
- 7. people who follow the teachings of Mozi
- 10. means “bright side of the hill”; opposite of Yin
- 11. Largest Chinese dynasty; made advances in art and science; invented paper
- 15. a leader of the Lungshan; known as the “Great Engineer”; founded the Xia dynasty
- 17. The teachers of Confucius
- 18. A Chinese dynasty named after its leader Qin Shihuangdi
- 20. The dynasty after the Xia; skilled in working with bronze and the use of oracle bones
- 22. a prediction about the future
- 23. people who follow the teachings of Laozi by trying to find Dao or “the Way”
- 26. The “colorful” name for the Huang He river
- 28. qualities of darkness; opposite of Yang