Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. The empire of Sargon eventually begins to weaken before which group of people take over?
   Amorites
2. Among many achievements, this demonstrated the elevated writing skills of Mesopotamians?
   Epic of Gilgamesh
3. What is another name for the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt?
   Pyramid Age
4. What was the first major civilization of mesopotamia?
   Sumer
5. Who made Jerusalem into an impressive and powerful capital?
   Solomon
6. Which geographical feature is the heart of Egypt's landscape?
   The Nile river valley
7. The word "Mesopotamia"means...?
   Between the River
8. Anubis is an Egyptian god with the head of a jackal. What is his official title?
   Protector of the Dead
9. Female pharaoh who built a great temple dedicated to herself at Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes.
   Hatsheput
10. The Egyption writing system of pictographic and alphabetic elements.
    Hieroglyphics
11. Which are the two sacred texts of Judaism?
    The Talmud and the Torah
12. Within the Old Kingdom Government, what was the role of the Pharaohs?
    Strong Central Authority
13. After a large period of instability and unrest, Egypt eventually fell to which empire?
    Persian
14. Who was the first empire builder after conquering Sumer?
    Sargon of Akkad
15. Which two rivers surround the fertile cresent?
    Tigris and Euphrates
16. Among all the technological advances in Mesopotamia, which one allowed farmers to reroute water to their fields?
    Irrigation
17. Who is considered the father of Judaism?
    Abraham
18. The first written language that was developed in Sumer was...?
    Cuneiform
19. On the social structure pyramid, where did peasant farmers lie/
    Above Captured Slaves
20. In terms of religion, the Sumerian Civilization was primarily...?
    Polytheistic
21. Seasons floods occurred in the Fertile Crescent region. In order to control them, farmers...?
    Built Dams and Channels
22. Unlike most other rivers, the Nile river flows...?
    North
23. This is a large pyramid-like temple at a city's center
    Ziggurat
24. This embodied the righteousness and moral standards for public interaction and society in mesopotamia.
    Hammurabi's Code