Across
- 5. - series of trade routes that crossed Asia and connected China to the Mediterranean Sea
- 7. - payment from conquered peoples or to a more powerful country
- 11. - belief system based on the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius
- 14. - setting a person or thing apart
- 15. - a therapy that uses needles to cure sickness and stop pain
- 18. - a narrow, confined strip connecting one or more places
- 19. - free from, not subject to
- 25. - to return to a former state
- 26. - an ancient Chinese philosophy stating that a strong leader and a strong legal system, not moral values, are needed to create social order
- 27. - to limit or restrict
- 28. - the study of human population trends
- 29. - long wall running east and west along the Chinese empire's northern border
- 31. - in Japan, the reign of emperor Meiji from 1868 to 1912, which was marked by industrialization and modernization
Down
- 1. - system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations
- 2. - a storage pool of water
- 3. - a philosophy of following the Dao, that is, the natural way of the universe
- 4. - a system of government employees mainly selected for their ability
- 6. - present in a region since ancient or prehistoric times
- 8. - in ancient China, the right to rule given to a dynasty by Heaven, the highest force of nature
- 9. - tidal wave, or large wave that can flood coastal areas
- 10. - to fill or be present in
- 12. - unchanging; not likely to give way
- 13. - devotion of children to their parents
- 16. - intended for trade or other business
- 17. - pressure; stress
- 20. - a group of families with a common ancestor
- 21. - general study of knowledge and the world; Greek for "love of wisdom"
- 22. - describing a society in which almost all people belong to the same ethnic group
- 23. - Japanese religion based on the worship of spirits
- 24. - of land, able to be used to grow crops
- 28. - a disagreement or debate
- 30. - vast area of grasslands