Across
- 4. famous Chinese philosopher and teacher
- 5. China's first emperor
- 7. China's capital city
- 9. famous land trade route that connected China to Europe
- 11. the longest structure ever built by man
- 12. the Chinese were the first to mine this to heat buildings and smelt metals
- 14. very fine, delicate type of pottery developed by the Chinese
Down
- 1. the longest ruling dynasty in Chinese history
- 2. the "Father of Faith Missions"
- 3. China's main crop, usually eaten at every meal
- 6. the ruling dynasty when China grew to its greatest size
- 7. blocks of wood with carved pictures and symbols that were then coated with ink and stamped on a piece of paper
- 8. Italian trader who traveled to China in 1271
- 9. the longest man-made waterway in the world
- 10. the Chinese were the first to discover this
- 13. forms dense forests that serve as food for the Giant Panda
- 14. a building with many stories, each with its own roof and slightly smaller than the one beneath it
- 15. China's current form of government