Across
- 2. Educated elite who gained status through exams and Confucian learning
- 3. Supreme ruler at the top of the dynastic system
- 8. Waterway built to improve transportation and trade, like the Grand Canal
- 10. Valuable textile produced in China and traded across Asia and Europe
- 11. Religion from India that spread into China through trade and missionaries
- 13. Fast-ripening crop from Vietnam that boosted food supply in China
- 14. Chinese philosophy emphasizing order, harmony, and respect for authority
- 16. Growth of cities due to trade, commerce, and migration
- 17. Chinese philosophy focused on harmony with nature and balance
Down
- 1. Diplomatic practice requiring foreign states to give gifts to China
- 4. System where officials are chosen based on ability or talent
- 5. Confucian duty of children to respect and obey parents
- 6. Test on Confucianism administered to anyone who wanted to be part of the bureaucracy
- 7. High-quality ceramic exported from China as a luxury good
- 9. Economy increasingly based on markets, trade, and money exchange
- 12. Major overland trade network connecting East Asia to Europe
- 15. Blending of different cultural or religious traditions