Mrs. Williams Social Studies Ch. 5 Study guide review

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Mrs. Williams Social StudiesCh. 5 Study guide
review

• 6th Grade Social Studies

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• 1. The system of writing used by the Shang
  developed into the Chinese writing used today

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• 2.The people of the Indus Valley did not trade
  with the people of Meso-America______

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• 3.The early Indus people built villages on top of
  large mounds to Keep the villages above flood
  level

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• 4. A granary is a
• place to store grain

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• 5. A story handed down from earlier times is
  called a
• legend

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• 6. The most important evidence of Shang rule is
  writing found on bones and turtle shells

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• 7. A Mayan codex tells about
• Mayan religion and learning

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• 8. The Olmec culture most likely spread because
  of
• trade

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• 9. The Olmecs are best known today for their
  carvings and artwork

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• 10. The Shang dynasty ended because
• It was overthrown by the Zhou

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• 11. Oracle bones were used to tell the future

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• 12. The civilization that is known as the mother
  civilization is the ancient
• Mayan

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• 13. A grid system was used to build the Indus
  valley city of
• Mohenjo Daro.

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• 14.The Maya borrowed innovations from the Olmec
  and added to them

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• 15. The last Shang King, Zhouxin
• was said to be a kind ruler