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100

DOUBLE! What is the significance of Anyang and what was found there?

It proved the existence of the Shang. Royal tombs were located there.

100
The highest ranking social class in the Shang Dynasty.
Who are the nobles?
100

What does finding food and weapons buried with kings suggest about the Shang belief system?

They believed in life after death.

100
A written character that represents a word.
What is a logograph?
100

This weakened the Shang economically

Overspending on lavish palaces
200
Shang kings depended on these to maintain their rule.
What are strong armies?
200
Small social class consisting of bronze and jade workers, potters, and stonemasons.
Who are the craftspeople?
200

What was the biggest disadvantage of being a slave in the Shang Dynasty?

You might be buried with the king at his death.

200

Where were the first examples of writing found?

On oracle bones

200

Fighting in multiple wars eventually had this effect on their military.

What is it weakened it?

300
A large group of friends and family.
What are clans?
300

DOUBLE! This is what was used as money during the Shang Dynasty.

What are cowrie shells?

300

DOUBLE! How did a king access the wisdom within the oracle bone?

A holy man would press a hot needle to the oracle bone to crack it

300

Why was writing important in Chinese history?

It helped unify people who spoke different languages.

300

DOUBLE! Inner China was bordered by what three physical features?

Plains, desert, and the Himalayas 

400
The king's armies were especially powerful because Shang nobles had weapons made of this.
What is bronze?
400

The largest social class in the Shang Dynasty.

Who are the farmers?

400

What does the finding of large quantities of wild animal bones at Shang archeological dig sites suggest about the Shang?

They were skillful hunters.

400

DOUBLE! What are three items commonly made of bronze by the Shang?

Spear and axe heads, helmuts, stoves

400

What are China's two major rivers?

The Yellow River and the Yangtze River

500
Bronze is made from a mixture of these two metals.
What is copper and tin?
500

This is what the slaves spent their time doing.

What is building tombs and palaces?

500

These have revealed valuable information about life during the Shang Dynasty.

What are inscriptions on oracle bones and artifacts.

500
Chinese believed that the qualities of this stone represented the qualities of a superior person.
What is jade?
500

Which geographic feature helps make the North China Plain a good place to settle and grow crops? How?

The Yellow River carries silt that helps fertilize the surrounding lands.