China's First Civilizations

The Shang people worshiped _______.

The _________ dynasty ruled for more than 800 years in ancient China.

Characters that stand for objects are called ________.

Only about one-tenth of China's land can be farmed because-

An aristocrat named _____________ led a rebellion against the Shang.

War became more effective and deadly after the invention of _______.

To honor their ancestors, the Chinese used to _____.

Dead family members were known as ________.

The characters that combine two or more pictographs are called _____.

People stopped supporting the Shang rulers because they-

During the Shang dynasty, the Chinese developed ______.

The Huang He river is also called "China's Sorrow" because

One item produced by artisans in ancient China included ______.

The earliest Chinese writing was found on ____.

The Chinese upper class were made up of the rich landowners.  They were called ___.

China's population expanded rapidly after the invention of the _____.

Anyang was the first  _______.

China's rulers were part of a dynasty, which means ___.

"The Period of the Warring States" lasted about _____ years.  

Most people in Shang China worked as ____.

When priests wrote questions for gods to answer, they wrote them on ________.

The Yangtze River has also been known as the ________.

The idea that the ruler was chosen by the gods because of his talent and virtue is-