Cultural Universals - 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. Apprenticeship learning (learning by doing with a master)
2. Formal schools or academies exist
3. Advanced architecture or monumental buildings
4. Class system or caste structure
5. Spiritual connection to nature
6. Technology
7. Domestication of animals
8. Ancestor worship
9. Rites of passage (coming-of-age ceremonies)
10. Marketplaces or bazaars
11. Extended families living together
12. Uses an alphabet writing system
13. Oral tradition is the main way knowledge is passed
14. Trade routes important to survival
15. Male and female roles clearly defined
16. Religious art or temples
17. Herding or livestock-based economy
18. Navigation tools (maps, compasses, or stars)
19. Respect for elders emphasized
20. Oral storytelling tradition
21. Extended families living together
22. Democracy or elected leaders
23. Uses characters/pictographs
24. Ruled by a king, chief, or emperor
25. Belief in one god (monotheism)
26. Farming is the main source of food
27. Traditional clothing unique to the culture
28. Belief in many gods (polytheism)
29. Folktales, epics, or myths written or told