Across
- 1. service the administrative service of a government
- 3. a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature
- 5. a count of the number of people in a country
- 6. a symbol in a writing system based on pictures
- 8. Piety the responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents
- 9. flat dry grassland
- 11. a member of a rich upper class of society, usually make up of hereditary nobility
- 14. an originally Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain
- 15. artistic handwriting
- 16. a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures
- 17. of Heaven the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
Down
- 1. an official who watches others for correct behavior
- 2. a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius
- 4. a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws
- 7. a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or idea
- 10. uncivilized people
- 12. farmer a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop
- 13. something, such as coins or paper money, that is used as a medium of exchange; money in the form of coins or paper