China's History

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Across
  1. 3. Religion formed by Siddhartha Gautama and now the largest in China
  2. 7. Last true dynasty
  3. 9. The first leader of the Mongol Empire
  4. 11. A ruling family that held power for many years
  5. 12. These have a square hole in the middle to be carried on a string
  6. 14. Statues built to guard Shi Huangdi's tomb
  7. 15. Economic policy to increase steel production
  8. 16. A strong metal containing copper and tin
  9. 17. Item that the earliest written records of China are on
  10. 18. Philosophy based on ideas and beliefs on how to live one's life
  11. 20. Economic system where businesses open and compete with one another
  12. 21. Economic system based on government planning and control
  13. 22. Philosophy centered on harmony and balance in nature
  14. 24. Trade route established during the Han dynasty
Down
  1. 1. The intended purpose for the invention of gunpowder
  2. 2. "purple palace"
  3. 4. Walls to control the floods of the Huang River
  4. 5. Gain power against Chinese Civil War in 1949
  5. 6. Shortage of food that resulted from favored steel production
  6. 8. Period when China entered chaos and total disorder
  7. 9. Built for protection against nomads in the north
  8. 10. Largest ethnic group in China
  9. 13. Invention that replaced papyrus
  10. 19. Italian who visited China during Mongol rule
  11. 23. The dynasty we get the name "China" from