| A | B |
|---|
| Mohawk leader who suggested unity among the Native Americans | Hiawatha |
| religious leader | shaman |
| first true representative form of government in North America | Iroquois League |
| a tax paid in goods or services | tribute |
| archaeologist | scientist who searches for and studies the reamins of people from the past |
| hunter-gatherers | People who stay on the move in search of food. They kill large and small animals and gather seeds, berries, nuts, and roots and bulbs of plants. |
| cliff dwellers | Native Americans who built houses on the walls of canyons and under the overhangs of caves |
| pueblo | houses built in the dry, desert Southwest of stone, timber and adobe |
| adobe | a building material made of earth and straw |
| totem pole | tall, wooden posts with carvings of faces build by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast |
| potlatch | a feast at which the host family gave valuable gifts to members of the community |
| teepee | cone-shaped tents made of buffalo hides by Indians of the Plains |
| civilization | highly developed culture, usually with religion and laws |
| moundbuilders | Native Americans who take their name from the monuments of earth and dirt they build |
| artifact | an object made by humans that represents a culture |
| culture | a total way of life a people follow to satisfy their needs and wants |
| maize | the first corn, an important grain crop first grown in Mexico |
| specialized worker | those who do only one kind of work, such as teaching or jewelry making |
| terrace | a leveled off strip of land used by the Mayas to farm on hillsides |
| hieroglyph | a system of writing using symbols instead of letters. The Maya developed such a system |
| causeway | raised highways over water build to connect the Aztec capital city with the mainland |
| aqueduct | channels of big pipes used to bring fresh water to a city. These were build by the Aztec |
