Across
- 4. Road, provided transportation for merchants and trade from China to Eastern Europe
- 6. construction project that created system of waterways that connected the Yellow River and the Yangtze River
- 8. related to government related to conflict among citizens of the same country polite or courteous related to the laws concerning private rights of citizens
- 9. a test given to qualify candidates for positions in government; also served to keep the government from being corrupt
- 10. large area of palaces and government buildings in Beijing
Down
- 1. religion founded in ancient India by religious teacher the Buddha offered the Chinese people comfort after years of war Beliefs include Nirvana The 4 Truths and the 8 Fold Patch
- 2. designed by Chinese Buddhist monks to transfer Chinese characters onto a page to make thousands of copies
- 3. taught that people should be concerned about the world and the afterlife
- 5. customs related to the teachings of Confucius
- 7. center of the Imperial City where the emperor and his family lived; built during the Ming Dynasty
- 11. dominant nomadic group in Central Asia who came from an area north of China called Mongolia