Download The Shang Dynasty Read pages 195 to 202. Answer in complete

The Shang Dynasty
Read pages 195 to 202. Answer in complete sentences.
1. What river did early farmers settle near?
2. When did the Shang Dynasty rule?
3. Instead of a unified country china was a number of these?
4. What is a clan?
5. The Shang were the first Chinese to do this?
6. What rituals do some archaeologists believe the Shang performed?
7. Why were slaves, servants, and animals sacrificed when the King died?
8. How did the Kings of the Shang dynasty expand their power?
9. What was the reason prisoners were captured during times of war?
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According to the textbook, why were the Shang armies more powerful than others?
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There were 3 soldiers in the Shang armies chariots. What was the job of each one?
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B)
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What was the social class under the king and his relatives?
Nobles were given what as a symbol of power?
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Why were bronze workers considered valuable?
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What sort of shells were used as money by Chinese traders?
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What was the largest social class in Shang society?
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Who owned the farm land?
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Who got the extra food that farmers did NOT keep for themselves?
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Who was at the very bottom Shang society?
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How did one become a slave?
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What is ancestor worship?
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Why did the King have he power to rule?
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What are logographs?
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What did having a written language help the Chinese people do?
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What does the hardness of a jade stone represent?
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Bronze was mainly used to make what?
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Which armies eventually defeated the Shang dynasty?