Shang Dynasty

• Who was honored when good luck was needed or in times of trouble?

  Ancestors or departed family members
• Explain how oracle bones were used when " telling the future "

  1. Priests wrote questions on the animal bones
  2. They put a hot metal rod in the bone and it starts to crack
  3. Priests read the bones and cracks tell the future ( oracle )
• Identify the difference between a pictograph and an ideograph

  Pictograph - Character ( image ) that reflects a word

  Ideograph - Two pictographs or more that reflect an idea
• Name examples of the works/efforts made by China's early artists

  Silk fabric/cloth, Bronze or jade cups/vases, Ivory artwork, Porcelain ( dishware )
• List and describe the social structure of early China

  Emperors and family, Warlords and soldiers, Aristocrats, Merchants and traders, Artisans and craftspeople, Farmers and peasants