Across
- 3. : River also known as the Yellow River, center of early Chinese civilization
- 4. : Medical practice of inserting needles to relieve pain
- 6. : Farmers with small farms who worked the nobles’ land
- 8. : First emperor of the Han dynasty; once a peasant
- 10. : Spread of ideas, goods, and technology between cultures
- 11. : First dynasty with clear evidence, ruled in 1500s BC
- 12. : Green gemstone valued for jewelry and ornaments in ancient China
- 13. : Clay soldiers buried with Shi Huangdi to protect him in the afterlife
- 14. : Important Han invention made from plant fibers
- 15. : Chinese philosopher who taught respect, loyalty, and moral behavior
- 16. : Structure built to protect China from northern invaders
- 18. : Moral values taught by Confucius
- 22. : Founder of Daoism and writer of “The Way and Its Power”
- 23. : People of high rank who received land from the king in exchange for loyalty
- 26. : Legendary first dynasty, said to have been founded by Yu the Great
- 27. : Device that tells time using shadows of the sun
- 30. : Process of making things uniform across China under the Qin
- 31. : Belief that people are bad by nature and must be controlled by strict laws
Down
- 1. : System of beliefs focused on morality, family, society, and government
- 2. : River also called the Yangzi River; longest in Asia
- 5. : Dynasty that followed the Qin and ruled over 400 years
- 7. : Device that measures strength and direction of earthquakes
- 9. : Zhou belief that heaven gave kings the right to rule
- 17. : Han emperor who made Confucianism the official philosophy
- 19. : Mountains forming China's southwestern border
- 20. : Desert that separates China from its northern neighbors
- 21. : Valuable Chinese fabric made from worm cocoons
- 24. : Trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean
- 25. : Animal bones used to predict the future in Shang China
- 28. : Dynasty that used the mandate of heaven to justify their rule
- 29. : Philosophy that emphasized living in harmony with nature
- 30. : First emperor of the Qin dynasty who unified China
