Across
- 3. People who carry out tasks for the government hold ___ service jobs
- 4. a belief that supported Confucius's idea that people should live in harmony with nature
- 7. People in China call themselves the ____ of Han
- 8. What a woman must do for her fathers, husbands, and sons
- 11. an ancient Chinese philosopher
- 13. Only the ___ of important people could hold government offices
- 14. One of the assorted dangers on the Silk Road
- 16. Confucius thought that people behaving ___ brings order to society
- 19. The number of households living together
- 20. People who couldn't __ or write were not allowed to hold a government office
Down
- 1. A strong fabric made of a special worm's string
- 2. The "Yellow River"
- 3. The ___ of the North China Plain was hot and dry
- 5. a system of beliefs and values
- 6. Yellow-brown soil
- 9. The scholar Sima Qian wrote the _____ of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi
- 10. The ___ dynasty brought stability to China, which allowed for advancements in technology
- 12. the most important thing in early Chinese society
- 15. A protective wall that holds back water
- 17. An object that, in ancient China, was made of tree bark, hemp, and old rags
- 18. The Silk ____ was a route for goods and ideas that stretched through Persia, Mesopotamia, and Turkey
