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artifacts filial piety philosophers
bureaucracy khanates porcelain
calligraphy Legalism seismograph
dynasty Mongols Silk Road
feudalism oracle typhoons

Across
2. a network or circuit of ancient trade routes that
connected China, the Middle East, and Europe
5. a hard but delicate type of fine china made with a
special kind of clay
7. Chinese political theory of an absolute monarchy
where strict legal control was maintained over all
activities
8. generations of rulers of the same family or their
rule
9. a system of management or administration of an
organization by appointed officials, characterized
by rigid rules and levels of authority
10. seekers of wisdom or enlightenment who offer
thoughts on profound questions or problems of
ethics
11. a hurricane that occurs in the northwestern
Pacific Ocean
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13. stylized or decorative writing as a work of art, often
produced with a brush
14. sections or states of the Mongol Empire
Down
1. primary Confucian virtue and duty of respect, obedience,
and care for family elders
2. an instrument that measures seismic waves, or vibrations,
in earthquakes
3. man-made objects or fragments of objects having some
kind of use or cultural significance
4. tribes of nomads currently living mainly in Mongolia
6. the type of relationship between a ruler and a noble where
the noble served the ruler and received land in return
12. someone or something believed to disclose hidden
knowledge, information, or secrets
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