Starter quiz
- A __________ is a group of people who live together and follow the same ways of life.
- team
- archaeologist
- civilisation ✓
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- People who dig in the ground for clues about people who lived in the past are archaeologists.
- True ✓
- False
- Ancient civilisations usually started with what type of people?
- bakers
- shoe makers
- farmers ✓
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- Match the ancient civilisation to the river.
- Ancient Egypt⇔River Nile ✓
- Ancient Indus Valley⇔River Indus ✓
- What things do archaeologists know about the people of the Indus Valley?
- They could make things from clay. ✓
- They were good at building cities. ✓
- They know what they wrote about their gods.
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- Which things are still a mystery about the Indus Valley civilisation?
- the river
- religion ✓
- writing ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- tomb⇔a place built to bury people who have died ✓
- Shang Dynasty⇔a series of Bronze Age rulers coming from the same family ✓
- jade⇔a hard green stone used for making jewellery and other objects ✓
- Only men could be generals in the army at the time of the Shang Dynasty.
- True
- False ✓
- Select the items that have been found in Fu Hao’s tomb.
- wooden toys
- bronze axe heads ✓
- jade statues ✓
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- In which year did archaeologists discover Fu Hao’s tomb?
- 1676
- 1776
- 1876
- 1976 ✓
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- The Shang Dynasty ruled in the country we call ______ today.
- 'China' ✓
- What do the cowrie shells found in Fu Hao’s tomb tell us about her?
- She liked the beach.
- She was rich. ✓
- She was sad.
- She was a warrior.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In 1976 the archaeologist Zheng Zhenxiang made an amazing discovery at a dig in eastern China.
- She uncovered a royal tomb, filled with jade, bone and bronze artefacts.
- The tomb also contained the bodies of six dogs and sixteen enslaved people.
- Zhenxiang and her team identified the tomb as belonging to Fu Hao, a queen and general of the Shang Dynasty.
Common misconception
Ancient generals were only men.
The story of Fu Hao as one of the best Shang Dynasty generals at this time disproves this. There are records of around 600 women in the army at this time too.
Keywords
China - modern day China is a large country in East Asia
Shang dynasty - the Shang Dynasty was a series of Bronze Age rulers coming from the same family
Tomb - a tomb is a place specially built to bury people who have died
General - a general is someone who leads an army
Jade - jade is a very hard stone which is used for making jewellery and other objects
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