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Return to Archaeology and Humanity's Story: A Brief Introduction to World Prehistory 2e Student Resources
Chapter 11 Student Quiz
Shang China
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Symbols that are precursors to later Chinese writing systems appear first in:
The Neolithic.
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The Paleolithic.
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The Cretaceous.
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The 2nd century BC.
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Neolithic societies in different areas were distinguished from one another by differing:
Pottery styles.
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Artifacts.
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Subsistence strategies.
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All of the above.
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Dependence on domesticated rice seems to have begun around:
10,000 BC.
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4000 BC.
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2000 BC.
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1000 BC.
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The ____________ motif was added to bronze vessels by members of Erligang culture.
Cattle bone.
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Taotie.
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Anyang.
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Ankh.
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The ____________ Culture (1800 - 1600 BC) was associated with the Chinese Early Bronze Age.
Yangshao
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Longshan
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Erlitou
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All of the above.
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___________, sometimes called the Shang capital, controlled the production of ritual bronze.
Zhengzhou
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Erligang
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Erlitou
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Jiangzhai
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The practice of reading the future based on crack patterns in burned animal shoulder bones is called:
Occlumency.
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Brachiomancy.
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Scapulimancy.
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Clavicomancy.
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Shang craft production often focused on the production of items made from:
Turquoise.
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Jade.
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Bronze.
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All of the above.
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Shang farming households traced their ancestry through:
Descent from the emperor.
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The maternal line.
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The paternal line.
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An elaborate system of fictive kin.
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At Shang royal burials, human sacrifices were mostly:
Members of the opposition party.
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Commoners from farming families.
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Slaves.
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War captives.
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Shang royals acquired_________ through trade, and may have redistributed them to elites.
Bronze bells.
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Glass beads.
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Cowrie shells.
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Cattle bones.
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The last Chinese emperor was overthrown in:
2500 BC.
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1045 BC.
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245 AD.
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1911 AD.
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