The Shang Dynasty

question 67

Multiple Choice

The Shang dynasty

• A) came to power immediately after the Han dynasty.
• B) was the only one in ancient China to master the widespread use of steel and the printing press.
• C) established its capitals at Lhasa and Samarkand.
• D) was the first to employ over half of its people in various types of heavy manufacturing.
• E) equipped its army with two-horse chariots.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the recall of information is improved if the cues present at the time of encoding are also present at the time of retrieval.

Context and Memory

The way in which the situation or environment in which information is learned can affect recall of that information.

Depth of Processing

A theory suggesting that the depth (shallow to deep) at which information is thought about affects the duration and strength of memory of that information.

Tip-of-the-Tongue

The phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.