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Name:____________________________________ Date:_________________ Block:___________ Lost Civilizations Video: CHINA Directions: Watch the film carefully and respond to the questions below – they are in order. SHANG DYNASTY (pronounced with a long “a” sound – Shah-ng) 1532 – 1027 B.C. 1. What types of things were “oracle bones” supposed to predict? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did the Shang dynasty use human sacrifices? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What metal did the Chinese learn to use long before other civilizations? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What “vice” may have, in part, caused the Shang dynasty to decline? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ZHOU DYNASTY (pronounced like “joe”) 1027 – 256 B.C. 5. What weapon (that fires an arrow) was developed in China and used 1300 years before it appears in Europe? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Give a brief example of psychological warfare used by the Zhou Dynasty? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ QIN DYNASTY (pronounced “chin”) 221 – 202 B.C. 7. What improvements, during this dynasty, were made to increase the amount of available farmland? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. How did a commoner in the military improve his status? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What group of people was the Great Wall of China supposed to keep out? ____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Approximately how many miles long is the Great Wall? ___________________________________________________________________________________ HAN DYNASTY 202 B.C. – 220 A.D. 11. How was Wu Di different from his predecessors in handling his enemies? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12. In what famous European city did the Silk Road end? How long was the road? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
