Question

the shang dynasty was replaced by the ____ dynasty. the chou dynasty... ruled china for almost a ____ years.

Explanation:

1. For the first blank, in Chinese history, the Shang Dynasty was replaced by the Zhou (also sometimes transliterated as Chou) Dynasty.
2. For the second blank, the Zhou Dynasty ruled China for almost a thousand years (more precisely, around 791 years for the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou combined, but often approximated as about a thousand in general historical context).

Answer:

1. The Shang Dynasty was replaced by the $\boldsymbol{Zhou}$ (or Chou) Dynasty.
2. The Chou Dynasty ruled China for almost a $\boldsymbol{thousand}$ years.