Qing dynasty Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Free printable educational crossword puzzle. Every clue is a plain-English sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Qing dynasty, with the key word blanked out.
Qing dynasty Crossword
Name: ____________________ Date: ______________
| 9A | |||||||||||||||
| G | |||||||||||||||
| R | |||||||||||||||
| 7C | O | L | L | E | C | T | I | O | N | ||||||
| E | |||||||||||||||
| 6E | M | ||||||||||||||
| 5I | M | P | E | R | I | A | L | ||||||||
| P | N | 8R | |||||||||||||
| E | T | 1A | 12G | R | E | E | |||||||||
| R | 3S | I | B | ||||||||||||
| O | 11M | E | V | E | |||||||||||
| 4S | U | R | R | O | U | N | D | E | D | L | |||||
| N | T | L | |||||||||||||
| 2C | L | O | T | H | E | S | 13M | I | L | L | I | O | N | S | |
| O | Y | O | |||||||||||||
| N | 10W | A | N | T | |||||||||||
| T | |||||||||||||||
| I | |||||||||||||||
| N | |||||||||||||||
| U | |||||||||||||||
| E | |||||||||||||||
| D |
Across
- 1. He pushed back Russian soldiers in the north and signed a peace _____ with Russia. (5 letters)
- 2. The Manchus started wearing Chinese _____ and writing in Chinese. (7 letters)
- 4. They attacked foreign people and Chinese Christians, and _____ the foreign embassies in Beijing. (10 letters)
- 5. More than two thousand years of _____ rule in China ended that day. (8 letters)
- 7. He loved art and books, and ordered the _____ of thousands of old Chinese texts. (10 letters)
- 10. Young Chinese _____ to end the monarchy and build a modern republic. (4 letters)
- 13. He gathered _____ of followers and captured much of southern China. (8 letters)
Down
- 2. The Ming dynasty was overthrown, though fighting _____ until 1683. (9 letters)
- 3. In 1793, Britain _____ a team to China to ask for more trade. (4 letters)
- 6. The new _____, Puyi, was only two years old. (7 letters)
- 8. At the same time, China faced huge _____ from its own people. (9 letters)
- 9. He pushed back Russian soldiers in the north and signed a peace _____ with Russia. (9 letters)
- 11. China was made to pay an enormous amount of _____ as punishment. (5 letters)
- 12. China had to _____ Hong Kong to Britain and open several ports to foreign trade. (4 letters)
Clues are sentences from the Simple English Wikipedia article “Qing dynasty” (revision 10815726, CC BY-SA 4.0). crosswordprint.com/printable-crosswords/early-modern-history/qing-dynasty-for-kids/
Qing dynasty Word Search
Name: ____________________ Date: ______________
Words to Find
crosswordprint.com/printable-crosswords/early-modern-history/qing-dynasty-for-kids/
Pick the word that completes each sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article.
Is the sentence correct? Some sentences have one word altered.
Click a clue, then click the word it belongs to.
Unscramble each word. The clue is the sentence it was taken from.
How to Solve & Use the Answer Key
This is a fill-in crossword. Each clue is a sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Qing dynasty, with the key term blanked out. The number in parentheses shows the letter count. Solve interactively on screen or check Show answers to view the answer key. To print a clean student worksheet, press Print Puzzle.
Qing dynasty Crossword Answer Key & Definitions
Show Complete Answers & Word Definitions
- 1 Across: AGREE
- 2 Across: CLOTHES — Clothing are items used to cover the human body. Simple English Wikipedia: Clothing
- 4 Across: SURROUNDED
- 5 Across: IMPERIAL — 1. The things associated with a country led by a powerful leader (an empire) or with that leader (Emperor) as a person. Simple English Wikipedia: Imperial
- 7 Across: COLLECTION
- 10 Across: WANT — A want is a wish or a desire for something. Simple English Wikipedia: Want
- 13 Across: MILLIONS — 1,000,000 (1000000, one million or one thousand thousand or million or thousand thousand for short) is a natural number between 999,999 and 1,000,001. Simple English Wikipedia: 1,000,000
- 2 Down: CONTINUED — ...Continued is the second album released by Tony Joe White. Wikipedia: ...Continued
- 3 Down: SENT — Sent was a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Simple English Wikipedia: Sent
- 6 Down: EMPEROR — An emperor (female equivalent: empress) is a male who rules an empire. Simple English Wikipedia: Emperor
- 8 Down: REBELLION — A rebellion is when people refuse to obey orders and fight against authority. Simple English Wikipedia: Rebellion
- 9 Down: AGREEMENT — An agreement is writing down a promise made. Simple English Wikipedia: Agreement
- 11 Down: MONEY — Money, also sometimes called currency, can be defined as anything that people use to buy goods and services. Simple English Wikipedia: Money
- 12 Down: GIVE
Definitions adapted from Simple English Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles (week 2026-W41), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read about Qing dynasty
The Qing Dynasty or the Qing Empire was a dynasty of rulers of China from 1644 to 1912. The dynasty was founded by the Manchus and so its other name is the Manchu dynasty. The surname of the Qing emperors was Aisin Gioro. It became the Republic of China in 1912 after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution.
Rise of the Manchu state
In 1580, Nurhaci became the Jian Zhou general of the Ming dynasty. He unified the Manchu tribe and organised the Eight Banners. In 1616, Nurhaci declared himself Khan (King) and founded the Jin dynasty in Liao Ling. In 1626, Nurhaci led armies to attack Ning Yuan. Unluckily, Nurhaci was wounded by Yuan Chonghuan's Portuguese cannon and he died 2 days later. Huang Taiji, the son of Nurhaci, then succeeded to the throne and became the Khan of the Manchu tribe. In 1643, Huang Taiji was dead, caused by apoplexy. Shunzhi Emperor inherited Huang Taiji's throne. Prince Dorgon became the regent. In 1644, the Manchu armies conquered the north of China. The capital was changed to Beijing. The Ming dynasty was overthrown, though fighting continued until 1683.
History
The first Qing emperors were very capable.The Kangxi Emperor ruled for 61 years (1661–1722) — longer than any other Chinese emperor. He put down a big rebellion by powerful warlords. He pushed back Russian soldiers in the north and signed a peace agreement with Russia. He also defeated the Mongols in Central Asia. He was curious about Western science and welcomed many foreign scholars to his court.
The Yongzheng Emperor (1722–1735) was strict but very hard-working. He fought corruption and fixed the tax system.
The Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796) ruled during the best years of the Qing. The empire grew to its biggest size ever — including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia. He loved art and books, and ordered the collection of thousands of old Chinese texts. But during his reign, corruption also grew worse.
In 1793, Britain sent a team to China to ask for more trade. The Qianlong Emperor said no. He believed China had everything it needed and did not want foreign goods.
Peasant rebellions broke out across the country. The Qing army was slow and weak after years without real fighting. It took many years and a lot of money to put down these uprisings.
Qing government and society
The Manchus changed their ways to be more like the Chinese in order to rule them better. The Manchus started wearing Chinese clothes and writing in Chinese. They began to enjoy Chinese food and art. One of the Manchu emperors, Qianlong Emperor, began to worry about how much like the Chinese the Manchus were becoming and he tried to get Manchus to be more Manchu. Qianlong Emperor made Manchus ride horses and shoot bows and arrows so that they would remember where they came from. The Chinese people used different types of clothes like maccukau, konaha, schinin and sakahn.
In the early Qing, Guangdong was a province. There were 79 counties. In 1911, it was checked that there were 5,041,780 households, approximately 28,001,564 people. The famous mountains in Guangdong were Lingchau, Huangling and Luofu. Dongjiang, Beijiang and Xijiang were the most important rivers in Guangdong. Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Xiamen and Fujian were the major Guangdong cities.
Text adapted from the Simple English Wikipedia article “Qing dynasty” (revision 10815726, 2026-04-11), authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.