Across
- 2. structure begun during the qin dynasty, and rebuilt during the ming dynasty
- 4. an amazing example of japanese architecture, built during the fuedal period
- 8. china's last dynasty
- 10. third emperor of the ming dynasty
- 11. the ship christopher columbus sailed
- 13. a group who ruled China during the Qing Dynasty
- 16. a japanese fuedal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
- 17. japanese warrior-chieftain who tried to unify japan under fierce and violent rule
- 18. a form of japanese poetry consisting of three lines with a syllable pattern of five, seven, five
- 20. built for the glory of the emperor
- 21. a ritual involving kneeling in front of the emperor and touching ones head to the ground nine times
Down
- 1. individual artistic expression in hand writing
- 3. a chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644
- 5. chinese families favored these children
- 6. chinese emperor during the Qing Dynasty 1661-1722
- 7. a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified japan from 1603 to 1867
- 9. japanese general who served under Oda Nobunaga and succeeded in controlling most of japan
- 12. wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, which examines upper classes in the Manchu society in the 1700s
- 14. admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China's Ming Dynasty
- 15. a type of japanese drama in which music, dance, and mime are used to present stories
- 19. first emperor of the ming dynasty