Across
- 2. Chinese political concept; binding agreement between the ruler and the rule, that justified the power and authority a ruling family to be base on 'divine right'
- 4. the cyclical patter of rise, rule, fall, and replacement of ruling families
- 7. the act of consolidating power under a central control
- 8. imperial assessment, initially based on confucianism, that was given to prospective bureaucrats or civil servants
- 9. the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
- 10. the act of consolidating power under a central control
- 11. Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization. (163)
Down
- 1. initially built by the Qin to protect Chinese merchants trading along the silk routes
- 3. a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
- 5. the act of making or becoming a single unit
- 6. ancient Chinese spiritual tradition; living family member ritually pray to deceased relatives because it was believed that the deceased could communicate with heaven and thus bring fortune/misfortune