| A | B |
|---|
| Beringia | land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska |
| Native Americans | descendants of first people to reach No. America |
| Mound Builders | groups from Appalachia to Mississippi |
| Hohokams | society living in Arizona area 2000 years ago |
| Anasazi | name means "ancient one" |
| artifact | object made and used by humans |
| glacier | thick sheets of slowly moving ice |
| archaeology | science that studies artifacts |
| culture | way of life |
| adobe | sun dried bricks made of clay |
| pueblo | adobe homes for many families |
| drought | a long dry spell without rain |
| Inuits | people of the Arctic |
| Pueblos | descendants of Anasazis |
| Kachina | masked dancers of Pueblo spirits |
| Natchez | Southeast group from Gulf coast |
| Iroquois | Eastern Woodland housebuilders |
| League of Iroquois | union of five nations started around 1570 |
| igloo | house of ice and snow |
| kayak | small skin boat |
| potlatch | dinner and gift giving |
| kiva | underground chamber for Pueblo religious ceremonies |
| hogan | Navajo houses of mud plaster over poles |
| tepee | buffalo hide tent of Plains people |
| travois | sled pulled by dogs and horses |
| long house | Iroquois homes 150ft. by 20 ft. |
| sachem | tribal chief |
| Mexico | country located southwest of U.S.A. |
| Guatemala | country south of Mexico |
| Tikal | great Mayan city |
| Tenochitlan | Aztec capital city |
| Andes | mountain range along west coast of South America |
| Cuzco | Incan capital |
| civilization | advanced culture |
| hieroglyphics | Mayan picture writing |
| Vikings | Scandinavian seafarers |
| Vinland | Viking settlement of 1001CE |
| Tainos | Caribbean Native Americans met by Columbus |
| wampum | beaded designs |
| atlatl | dart thrower |
| Taiga | subarctic region of forest land |
| istaboli | ancient form of lacrosse |
| awl | tool for making small leather holes |
| Serpent Mound | 1300 foot long mound in Ohio |
| succotash | beans, corn, squash mixed together |
| Turtle Island | Iroquois name for North America |
| Norsemen | Vikings |
| slash and burn | Eastern Woodland method to clear land |
| obsidian | dark volcanic glass used for making knives |
| mesa | very dry plateau |
