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What did the Shang dynasty use as money?
a) coins
b) livestock
c) cowrie shells
d) gold

What was one of the main purposes bronze was used for during the Shang dynasty?
a) money
b) makeup
c) mirrors
d) weapons

What is one way the Shang king and his nobles may have weakened the economy?
a) spent too much on palaces
b) discouraged trade
c) kept buying more land
d) kept all the money for themselves

What do the characters stand for in Shang writing?
a) sounds
b) words
c) pictures
d) people

What were oracle bones used for?
a) jewelry
b) dinner plate
c) sports
d) seek advice from ancestors on important matters

What represented a symbol of power to nobles?
a) cows
b) charms
c) jade discs
d) deer

Which of the following did Shang religion center on?
a) ancestor worship
b) temple building
c) human sacrifices
d) fortune telling

In the 1920's, the ruins of a Shang city were discovered at _____________.
a) Anyang
b) Beijing
c) Mumbai
d) Benton

Who took over power when a Shang king died?
a) The city voted on who would be the next king.
b) The queen would take over.
c) The commander of the army
d) His power was preserved by being passed to a younger brother or a son.

How did the Shang Dynasty end?
a) The Zhou Empire conquered the Shang Dynasty
b) They died of disease
c) They decided to move to a different territory
d) They were flooded.

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