Ancient Civ. Shang Dynasty - Panther Skills Assignment

What years do scholars suggest the Shang Dynasty ruled?

What is the Shang Dynasty believed to be?

In 1920 the ruins of a Shang city were discovered at _______.

Archaeologists found human bones under the foundations of the old buildings. What does this suggest?

The king often gave nobles symbols of power, such as __________.

Using your answer from the previous question, the symbols of power were decorated with which two "lucky" animals?

Which social class is the LARGEST, but not the LOWEST on the pyramid?

Which bones are oracle bones usually made out of?

Oracle bones were used to see the future

People writing on oracle bones are in the group of the earliest known Chinese writing.

A combination of the characters "child" and "woman" represent "good".

When a holy man engraved a message (for example "Tomorrow is a good day to hunt.") they would take another bone and hit the two bones together until both of them cracked to reveal a message that would be translated to answer the statement/question.

All people in the Shang Dynasty spoke the same language.

To respect their ancestors, people gave offerings of food and sometimes made human sacrifices.

Some of the warriors used bronze swords and shields.

Farmers were very independent and made their own tools, and owned their land. They sold their crops to kings, nobles, artisans, and traders at a price they found reasonable to sustain their families.