China

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The male ruler of an empire (7)
  2. 6. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (plural) (12)
  3. 9. A religion represented by the many groups that profess various forms of the ___ doctrine (8)
  4. 10. A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations (12)
  5. 14. Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic (9)
  6. 15. A distinctive or characteristic sound (4)
  7. 16. A member of the nomadic peoples of ___ (6)

Down

  1. 1. The teachings of ___ emphasizing love for humanity (12)
  2. 3. The action of accomplishing something (plural) (12)
  3. 4. A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery (9)
  4. 5. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 (4)
  5. 7. Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China (7)
  6. 8. Nonelective government officials (11)
  7. 11. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (9)
  8. 12. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (7)
  9. 13. A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC (9)