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The Beginnings of Human Society - 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.


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  1. between 1,400,000 and 500,000 years ago, human ancestors learned how to use this
    fire
  2. the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Huang, and Indus are examples of these
    rivers
  3. a worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand
    artisan
  4. more than is needed
    surplus
  5. stories past down through word of mouth
    oral traditions
  6. why historians are interested in oral traditions
    they tell how a society lived and what the people considered important
  7. This metal, made by mixing copper and tin, was used to make weapons, tools, helmets, and shields
    Bronze
  8. a group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living
    social class
  9. the condition of being successful or thriving, especially economic well-being
    prosperity
  10. time before writing was invented
    prehistory
  11. these were more likely to develop where rich soil created large surpluses of food, and where there was a water source
    cities
  12. the first humans to do this entered the New Stone Age,
    farming
  13. history
    written and other recorded events of people
  14. supplying land with water through a network of canals
    irrigation
  15. the invention of this around 3500 BC, allowed goods to be transported more easily
    wheel and axle
  16. a society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
    civilization
  17. this was important in the growth and spread of early civilizations
    the ability to make valuable items and to trade these items
  18. having surplus food led to this
    population growth
  19. archeologist
    a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past
  20. the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
    geography
  21. rich in the substances plants need to grow well; describes soil and land
    fertile
  22. nomad
    a person who has no settled home
  23. a period of time during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of human culture
    Stone Age
  24. to adapt wild plants for human use; tame wild animals and breed them for human use
    domesticate