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Ancient China Shang
Question | Answer |
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20.2 The Shang performed __________ __________________ when they built a new royal house for good luck. | human sacrifices |
20.2 Name 3 items that were buried with the king when he died. | slaves, servants, and animals |
20.2 Name 2 bronze objects, one jade object, and one transportation object found in a Shang king's tomb. | Bronze- weapons and vessels, jade- ornaments, chariots |
20.3 To expand his power, the king set up kingdoms under his | younger brothers and nephews |
20.3 A king passed power on to his younger _______ or ___ | brother, son |
20.3 Shang kings used strong ____________ to expand their rule. They were at constant ______. They fought to keep other __________ under control. | armies, war, clans |
20.3 The Shang captured prisoners of war to keep as laborers and as __________ ____________________. | human sacrifices |
20.3 The Shang were among the first people to discover how to make ____________ weapons from a mixture of ____________ and ______. This made Shang armies very powerful. | bronze, copper, tin |
20.4 Shang society was divided into ______ social classes. List them. | 6, King and family, nobles, craftspeople, traders, farmers, and slaves |
20.4 ____________ fought in the king's army. They also provided weapons, soldiers, and chariots. In return, the king did not interfere with their ______________. And the nobles enjoyed a life of luxury. | nobles, control |
20.4 This class included bronze and jade workers. | craftspeople |
20.4 Scholars believe the Shang ____________ extensively. The chinese word for merchant today is __________ ______, which means, "Shang man." ____________ ____________ were traded as money. | traded, shang ren, cowrie shells |
20.4 ______________ were the largest social class. They did not own their own ________ and kept enough food only for their families. The rest of the food went to the ____________ who sent some to the ________. | Farmers, land, nobles, king |
20.4 ____________ were at the bottom of the social class. They spent their lives building tombs and ______________ and were sometimes __________________ so they could serve their masters in the afterlife. | slaves, palaces, sacrificed |
20.5 Religion centered on ______________ ______________. | ancestor worship |
20.5 Kings had the power to rule from powerful __________________, but also __________________, including duty to follow the wishes of their ancestors. | ancestors, responsibilities |
20.5 Kings used ____________ ____________ to ask for ____________ from the ancestors. | oracle bones, advice |
20.6 Chinese writing is made up of ________________ that stand for words rather than sounds. | words, sounds |
20.7 Shang artists made ____________ of bronze and jewelry of ________. | vessels, jade |
20.8 Name 3 tools of war the Shang made of bronze. The Shang stayed on power for nearly ______ years. | arrowheads, spearheads, ax heads, helmets, 500 |
20.9 Fighting so many wars _________________ the military of the Shang. Kings and nobles spent enormous amounts of __________ on luxury. Eventually the ________ rose up and defeated the Shang. | weakened, money, Zhou |
20.9 One story says the king ran from the battlefield, put on his jewelry and threw himself into the ________ as ________ rebels stormed the capital city. | fire, Zhou |