Shang Dynasty Vocabulary

What is Anyang?

• a form of Buddhism founded on the belief that all people can reach paradise by relying on the mercy of Amida Buddha

  analyzed to examine or think about carefully

• location where ruins were found from the Shang Dynasty. China's first Civilization

• a scientist who studies human development

• goods or money given to the poor

What is the Shang Dynasty?

• one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1700 to 1122 b.c.e.

• second Chinese dynasty, 1700 to 1122 b.c.e

• a people who broke away from the empire of Mali and eventually built their own vast empire in West Africa

• Third Chinese Dynasty, 1700 to 1122 b.c.e

What is a clan?

• a group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

• the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai

• the action of working together

• a large group of family members and friends

what is bronze?

• a strong metal alloy made from zinc

• a strong metal alloy made from copper

• a strong metal alloy made from silver

• a strong metal alloy made from tin

What is ancestor worship?

• a technique in which shaped pieces of fabric are attached to a background fabric to form a design or picture

• honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food to the spirits of the dead

• a Mesoamerican people who built an empire in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to 1519 C.E.

• an account of the life and teachings of Jesus; four of them are included in the New Testament of the Christian Bible

What is an Oracle Bone?

• a piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from King's ancestors

• learning and cultural ideas passed down orally, from one generation to the next

• learning and cultural ideas passed down orally, from one generation to the next

• a tower-shaped structure with several stories and upturned, tiled roofs