The Shang Dynasty

What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?

• figuring out the characters carved into bones

• seeing pots used for ceremonies in the temples

• finding food and weapons buried with kings

• studying the position in which bodies were laid out

Where did peasants live during the Shang Dynasty?

• tents

• palaces

• mud huts with straw roofs

• holes dug into the ground

What did the nobles write the king's questions on?

• skull of a deer

• oracle bones

• bamboo sheets of paper

• computer paper

How long did the Shang Dynasty rule?

• 50 years

• 500 years

• 25 years

• 2000 years

What happened to the cities of the Shang Dynasty?

• volcanic ash ruined the cities

• covered in ice

• destroyed by floods

What did the nobles of the Shang Dynasty make their weapons from?

• oracle bones

• bronze metal

• silk

• gold

What clothing material did the king and the royal family wear?

• silk

• bamboo

• linen

• cashmere

The ______ dynasty was one of China's earliest dynasties.

• Jiang

• Huang He

• Shang

• Yangtze

China's early farmers settled on the North China Plain, near the

• ocean

• Huang He (Yellow River)

• mountains

• Yangtze

Multiple ________, or extended families, controlled different sections of ancient China.

• tribes

• groups

• dynasties

• clans