Across
- 2. Fine, fertile soil deposited by the Yellow River
- 5. Payment or service given to a ruler
- 7. Important tool for developing moral leaders
- 10. Philosophy emphasizing balance and harmony with nature
- 11. Ranked social order
- 14. A line of rulers from the same family
- 15. Powerful landowners granted land by the king
- 16. Organized resistance against rulers
- 18. Barriers Mountains, deserts, and seas that limit movement and contact
- 22. Piety Respect for parents and ancestors
- 24. Individuals who received land in exchange for service
- 25. Political system based on land-for-loyalty agreements
- 26. Philosopher who taught moral leadership and social order
- 27. A spiritual force connected to order and balance
- 28. Earlier Chinese dynasty overthrown by the Zhou
- 30. Living with minimal interference
- 31. Harmony Peaceful functioning of society through order
Down
- 1. Belief in many gods or spirits
- 3. Overflow of water that can both help and harm agriculture
- 4. He Major river that supported farming but caused destructive floods
- 5. Customs passed down over time
- 6. Formal religious practices
- 8. Distribution of power away from the central government
- 9. Harmony between opposites
- 12. Philosophy focused on ethics, relationships, and harmony
- 13. System Hierarchical structure of land ownership and service
- 14. Cycle The rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
- 17. The accepted right to rule
- 19. Legendary founder of Daoism
- 20. The natural way of the universe
- 21. Dynasty that ruled China after the Shang
- 23. Farmers who worked the land
- 29. and Yang Opposing forces that depend on each other