China Chapter 20

A system of managing the wealth of a country or region.

• clan
• human sacrifice
• ancestor worship
• logograph
• economy

A written character that represents a word.

• clan
• human sacrifice
• ancestor worship
• logograph
• economy

Honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead.

• clan
• human sacrifice
• ancestor worship
• logograph
• economy

A large group of friends and family.

• clan
• human sacrifice
• ancestor worship
• logograph
• economy

The _______ was a clan that became powerful enough to control all of ancient China between 1700 - 1122 BCE.

• Shang
• Huang He
• Oracle
• Zhou

Archeologists unearthed many items at the Anyang ruins in 1928. Check the ONE item NOT found in Anyang

• human bones

• bronze vessels

• pottery

• chariots

• mummies

The king's armies were especially powerful because Shang nobles had weapons made of _____________.

• bronze
• obsidian
• diamond
• cobble stone
• steel

The religion of the Shang centered on _____________.

• ancestor worship
• logographs
• millet
• maize

The inscriptions on oracle bones are among the earliest known examples of Chinese _____________.

• writing
• farming
• trading
• slaves

__________ is a very hard stone. According to the Shang, the hardness of the stone stood for wisdom.

• Jade
• Diamond
• Obsidian
• Gypsum