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Global History Name___________________________ Huang He Capture Sheet (10 points) Block__________ Hansen pages 67-71 Complex Societies – Huang He CS (10 points) Due Monday for B and E Blocks; Tuesday for G-Block Instructions: carefully read and annotate pages 67-71 in your Hansen textbook. Define the following terms and answer the questions. Please take the time to think carefully and write answers in your own words, rather than just copying directly from the textbook. Term Shang Dynasty Oracle Bones Ancestor Worship Sima Qian Zhou Dynasty Mandate of Heavean Definition Significance/Example Huang He Discussion Questions 1. What are “oracle bones,” and how did Shang Dynasty rulers use them to predict the future? What types information were found on the oracle bones? The earliest surviving written records in China Placed heated poker on cattle shoulder blades/turtle shell and interpreted resulting cracks Recorded name of ancestor, topic of inquiry, and outcome 2. What is “ancestor worship,” and how did it become a type of religion in China? Analyze and be prepared to discuss in class the two images on pp. 68 and 69. 3. What book did Sima Qian write, and how is it important for our understanding of the Shang Dynasty? 4. How would you characterize (explain) the Shang Dynasty’s interactions with other peoples around the Shang kingdom? What are the various ways we know about these interactions? 5. The Zhou Dynasty introduced the concept of “The Mandate of Heaven.” What is this concept, and how is it connected to who rules China?