Ancient China

An ornate bronze vessel used to cook meat for sacrifices to ancestors.

• Thing

• Ting or Ding

• Thing or Ding

• Ring

An animal bone or turtle shell used to 'predict' the future.

• Future Bone!

• Oracle of Delphi

• Oracle

• Oracle Bone

Why was the Huang He River called "China's Sorrow"

• It rarely flooded and didn't provide enough water for farming.

• It had many floods that reminded people of crying.

• It had floods that killed many people and ruined harvests.

• China's Sunshine was the correct nickname

Who was known for their skill in bronze work?

• The Qin

• The Shang

• The Han

• The Chou

What fabric did farmers and weavers produce during the Shang dynasty?

• rice

• cotton

• wool

• silk

What did the Shang eat with?

• Chopsticks

• their hands

• spoons

• forks

How are we able to know how the Shang lived?

• Oracle bones told us

• Books written during that time

• The royal tombs at Anyang

• Books written hundreds of years later

Why is ancestor worship unbiblical? Select all that apply.

• God has control over all things. Ancestors do not influence the affairs of the living.

• God lets our dead relatives choose what happens to us in our lives.

• God wants us to honor our parents, but we honor him first.

• God wants us to honor our parents first and him second.

Confucius

• Taught that man could solve the problems of society through proper behavior

• Taught that people should live in harmony with nature

Lao Tzu

• Taught that man could solve the problems of society through proper behavior

• Taught that people should live in harmony with nature