| A | B |
| Cultural patterns | the way we live, believe |
| Exploration | searching, looking at things |
| Colonize | to start a community |
| Conflict | disagree |
| Settlement | a community |
| Time line intervals | equal space between dates or information on a time line |
| Decade | 10 years |
| Century | 100 years |
| Construct | to build or make |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | battle in southeastern Ohio; Native Americans were forced to leave their lands and go west |
| Independent | not needing or wanting anyone's help |
| Expansion | to increase in size |
| Northwest Ordinance | determined how a territory became a state, no slavery in new territory |
| Wright Brothers | first manned flight |
| Charles Kettering | automobile ignition system |
| Gerrett Morgan | traffic signal |
| Granville Woods | telegraph for moving trains |
| Thomas Edison | light bulb |
| Chronological | the order in which something happens |
| Industrialization | increasing the use of machines |
| Impact | strong effect |
| Architecture | the style or design of a building |