Which materials were most commonly used to create the oracle bones for religious ceremonies?

Polished stones and pieces of wood

What was the main purpose of using oracle bones in the Shang Dynasty?

To create legal documents for the kingdom

To ask the spirits of ancestors for guidance

To serve as a form of currency for traders

To record the history of the royal family

To lead the army in every battle

To personally farm a plot of land for the gods

To interpret the cracks on heated bones as messages from the spirits

To build all temples with his own hands

The bone would magically change color

The king would have a vision after touching the bone

A priest would heat the bone, and the king would read the resulting cracks

The answer would appear as a pictograph written in ash