Across
- 6. the administrative service of a government
- 12. a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop
- 13. a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature
- 14. people who have a similar standing or rank in society based on wealth, education, power and other valued resources
- 15. connected China, India, and the Middle East.; traded goods and helped to spread culture.
- 18. a symbol in a writing system based on pictures
- 19. a person that someone is descended from
- 20. a story about mythical beings or events
Down
- 1. practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain
- 2. a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius
- 3. a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility
- 4. a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area
- 5. something, such as coins or paper money, that is used as a medium of exchange
- 7. rich, yellow soil
- 8. an official who watches others for correct behavior
- 9. the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents
- 10. of Heaven the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
- 11. a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea
- 16. a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws
- 17. a wheel made to turn by the water flowing against it