China Develops a New Economy

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Across
  1. 4. wars and invaders from here forced Chinese farmers to move south
  2. 9. how rice has to be harvested, since it is a delicate crop
  3. 10. a great place to stop and enjoy China's national drink
  4. 12. a physically cruel method of keeping young women under control
  5. 14. large, flat-topped boat used to transport goods on water
  6. 15. a new species of this made feeding China's population easier
  7. 16. a place where merchants could exchange metal coins for paper money
  8. 18. where farmers could take their surplus rice to sell
  9. 19. a luxury material often used by Chinese artisans
  10. 20. the term used to refer to the growth of big cities
Down
  1. 1. many were used to connect China's rivers, which mainly flow west-to-east
  2. 2. they left the farms they owned to move to the big cities for a better life
  3. 3. the government of China began using this in place of coins when there was a shortage
  4. 5. Landowners getting rich from all these changes to farming started buying these
  5. 6. this class of people grew tremendously during this economic boom
  6. 7. farmers used a _______________ to irrigate their fields and terraces
  7. 8. a precious metal used to make coins that became rare in the 11th Century
  8. 11. an animal used by Chinese farmers to pull plows during planting
  9. 12. the new type of rice was a big deal because it matured _______
  10. 13. became China's national drink sometime around the 9th Century CE
  11. 17. China's reached 100 million during the Song Dynasty