Chinese Civilization 2.0

During the Shang dynasty, the Chinese developed the technology of smelting ...

• Bronze

• Iron

• Aluminum

• Chromium

Because the Shang Chinese developed writing, they were able to ...

• publish newspapers and magazines

• keep records and maintain a strong government

• write letters to each other, an important Chinese custom

• develop a great literary style and publish many novels

The social hierarchy in ancient China was ...

• Unique because it was an absolute democracy- no hierarchy

• Unique because it was a social pyramid with the farmers at the top

• Typical because it had no artisans or traders

• Typical of the ancient civilizations we've studied: king on top, slaves on the bottom

Ancient pictographs and ideographs from the Shang era evolved into modern Chinese ...

• statistics

• computation

• writing

• data visualization

As civilization in China was developing, other places were seeing similar developments: _______________

• The Amazon and the Tigris

• The Euphrates, and the Rio Negro

• Egypt, Greece, and India

• The Danube and the Rhine

Writing enabled the Zhang Chinese to ...?

• have lotteries for peasants to win fortunes

• keep records and have a recorded history

• compose romantic novels

• begin a program of space developmemnt