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The Shang Downfall
100
This is what the King did to expand his power.
What is set up smaller kingdoms under his younger brothers and nephews?
100
The highest ranking social class in the Shang Dynasty.
Who are the nobles?
100

Honoring passed or deceased relatives through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead.

What is ancestor worship?

100
A written character that represents a word.
What is a logograph?
100
The strength of the Shang dynasty that eventually led to their destruction.
What is their strength in war?
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
Kings used these to ask their ancestors for advice on important issues.
What are oracle bones?
200
In Shang writing, the character stood for these, instead of sounds.
What are words?
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
This is what was used as money during the Shang Dynasty.
What are cowrie shells?
300
Oracle bones could be made from these two things.
What turtle shells or the shoulder blade of a cow?
300

The term "shang ren" represented this group.

What are merchants and/or traders?

300
a system of managing the wealth of a country or region.
What is economy?
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
This is what was pressed onto oracle bones in order to make them crack.
What is a hot needle?
400

Historians believe this artifact was typically used to hold wine during ceremonies and rituals. 

What is a bronze vessel, cauldron, or pitcher?

400
What one king said was the final blow of the Shang Dynasty.
What is the corruption of the last king?
500
Bronze is made from a mixture of these two metals.
What is copper and tin?
500
This is what the people on the bottom of the Shang social structure 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?
500
Chinese believed that the qualities of this stone represented the qualities of a superior person.
What is jade?
500

The year the Shang Dynasty fell.

What is ~1045 b.c.e?