Who did the Shang Dynasty conquer to become the family in power?
Rival clans
King Wu
Holy men
None of the above
What did the Shang make their weapons out of?
Tin
Copper
Mixture of copper and tin
Iron
Who conquered the Shang Dynasty?
The Zhou
The kings nobles
All of the above
Why were the Shang conquered?
The king was being unthoughtful of the people.
The Shang were starving their people.
The Shang were not sharing the secrets to bronze.
None of the above.
Why were the Shang so powerful?
Their numbers.
Their weapons.
Their wealth.
The artisans.
What was the Shang religion actually centered around?
Ancestor worship.
Oracle bones.
Holy men.
All of the above.
How do they use oracle bones?
They burn them with needles.
They crack them with their bare hands.
They crack them with superheated needles.
They smash them.
When a king was buried, slaves, servants, and animals were led down the ramps into the pit. Why?
They were to serve their king in death.
To bury them for fun.
To feed their king in death.
Some artisans make sculptures out of jade.
The king always gave jade disks to the nobles.
The Shang used copper in the army.
Were pictographs characters that stand for words?
Did kings use oracle bones to seek their ancestors' advice on important matters such as when to hunt, where to build cities, and whether to go to war?
