Shang Dynasty/Ancient China

0ldest surviving form of Chinese writing

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The Shang Dynasty writing is VERY SIMILAR to the modern Chinese writing system

• True

• False

The Shang Dynasty took power in Ancient China by overthrowing this dynasty.

• Yamato

• Zhou

• Xia

• Boston Celtics

The Shang Dynasty accomplished all of the following BUT . . .

• earliest form of Chinese writing — oracle bones

• craftspeople mastered bronze

• Built large cities, expanded the irrigation system

• started the Silk Roads trade

Bones reveal a great deal about what was important to Shang society: They often asked questions about these three things.

• war

• harvests

• childbirth

• flooding of the Yellow River

This means predicting the future.

• divination

• oracle

• orator

• society

What are the less-positive nicknames given to the Yellow River?

• China Sorrow

• Scourge of the Han People

• Mother River

• cradle of Chinese Civilization

Besides the Great Flood, the Yellow River was the site of the worst flood in human history in this year.

• 1878

• 1787

• 1927

• 1887

The Chang Jiang Basins were a good place to grow this food because of their warm, wet areas.

• carrots

• rice

• potatoes

• corn

Inner or Outer China fostered the growth of more permanent civilizations.

• Inner

• Outer

• Western

• Eastern