China vocab ch 2 and 5 Crossword
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
 
 
Down: 1) A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E).2) Techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as, in early China, the cracks on oracle bones or in ancient Greece, the flight of birds through sectors of the sky.3) City in Wie Valley in eastern China.5) A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mountains in South Amerca.6) Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese empire (r.221-210 B.C.E.).7) In Chinese belife, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world.9) Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E)10) In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control.12) The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify thier rule. Across: 4) The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca.1750-1027 B.C.E.).8) A term used to deignate (1) the ethnic Chinese people who originated in the Yellow River Valley and spread throughout regions of China suitable for agriculture and (2) the dynasty of emperors who ruled from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.11) Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China and to take away that power if hte ruler failed to conduct himself justly and in the best interests of his subjects.13) Chinese school of thought, originating in the Warring States Period with Laozi (604-531 B.C.E)14) A fine, light silt deposited by wind and water.
 

 

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