| A | B |
| region | an area that is defined by certain features |
| tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
| artifacts | an object made by human hands |
| mounds | a large hill like structure |
| agriculture | farming |
| climate | the usual weather conditions in an area over time |
| adapt | to change in order to survive |
| glaciers | a huge sheet of moving ice |
| descendant | someone who comes from a group or family who lived in the past |
| Mound Builders | built mounds for religious and burial purposes |
| Fort Ancient people | lived near water to drink and to use for their crops |
| Archeologists | use special tools and equipment to find artifacts |
| Ice Age | a period of time when the Earth became very cold |
| Mammoth | animal hunted by the first people in Ohio |
| nomads | living in groups and following the food source |
| Paleo-Indians | lived about 12,000 years ago |
| Archaic Indians | used fire and started to farm |
| Adena | built cone shaped mounds, built the Miamisburg Mound |
| Hopewell | built mounds in shapes |
| Late Woodland | descendant of the Adena and Hopewell, did not build mounds |
| Fort Ancient People | built effigy mounds |