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Bingo cards on early Middle Eastern civilization, featuring Sumerians, cuneiform, ziggurats, and Mesopotamia.
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These bingo cards feature 27 terms about early Sumerian and Middle Eastern civilizations for 8th Grade history. The word list includes inventions like the wheel and cuneiform writing, architectural features such as ziggurats and archways, and geographical landmarks like the Nile and Euphrates rivers. Use them as a vocabulary review for a unit on ancient Mesopotamia or as a warm-up activity for lessons on early civilizations.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
8th Grade
Updated February 2025

Word List

  • WRITTEN LANGUAGE
  • WHEEL
  • WATER CLOCK
  • SAILBOAT
  • IRON NAILS
  • PLOW
  • TWELVE-MONTH-CALENDAR
  • LOOM
  • SUMERIANS BELIEVED IN MORE THAN ONE GOD
  • SUMERIAN ARCHITECTURE HAD ARCHWAYS FOR DOORS AD GATES
  • SUMERIANS BELIEVED THE PRIESTS WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF GODS
  • SUMERIANS MADE TEMPLES CALLED ZIGGURATS
  • ATTACKING ARMIES COULD EASILY MARCH INTO SUMERIA-NO NATURAL PROTECTION
  • PICTOGRAPHS
  • SCRIBES
  • STYLUS
  • CUNEIFORM
  • GREECE
  • MESOPOTAMIA
  • NILE
  • EUPHRATES
  • FLOODING
  • IRRIGATION
  • PYRAMIDS
  • DISTANCE
  • TIME
  • NUMBERING SYSTEM BASED ON SIXTY

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