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Anyang
Government
Social Classes
Religion
Writing/Art/Tech
100
Oracle Bones
What is an object used to tell the future?
100
A king
Who ruled a dynasty?
100
The highest class of Shang society.
What is the king?
100
Honoring of ancestors through rituals such as offering food to the spirits of the dead
What is ancestor worship?
100
Writing that stands for words not sounds?
What is a pictograph?
200
Year Anyang was discovered.
What is 1928?
200
To expand the kingdom and maintain rule
Why need for a strong army?
200
They fought in armies, supplied weapons, foot soldiers and chariots in exchange for control of land.
What is a noble?
200
Used to seek ancestors advice
What are oracle bones?
200
Reasons Shang could not communicate well.
What are dialect differences?
300
Three structures found in Anyang.
What is temples, houses, and a palace?
300
Bronze
What were Shang weapons made of?
300
Small social class of potters, stonemakers, and crafters
What are artisans?
300
Slaves often put to death.
What are sacrifices?
300
Types of designs used by artisans
What are mythical creatures and geometric shapes?
400
Life after death
What is the reason containers of food were buried with the kings.
400
Device used to carry soldiers.
What is a chariot?
400
Swapped goods for other goods or cowrie shells
What are traders?
400
Material for oracle bones.
What are turtle shells and cow shoulder blades?
400
Stone used to carve, saw, and file statues
What is Jade?
500
Wood and earth
What were the building materials used in Anyang?
500
The region in which Anyang is located.
What is the North China Plain?
500
Prisoners of war who spent their lives building tombs and palaces.
What are slaves?
500
Earliest form of Shang writing.
What are oracle bones?
500
The reason the Shang were able to stay in power for more than 500 years.
What is bronze-making skill?