| A | B |
|---|
| a mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks | adobe |
| a small group of people who work together to do activities | band |
| a wanderer who has no settled home | nomad |
| farming | agriculture |
| A group of families that are related to one another | clan |
| exchange goods | barter |
| A religious leader and healer that led many Navajo ceremonies | shaman |
| a kind of carrier used by the Kiowas to transport goods | travois |
| a group that makes laws | council |
| The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders | slavery |
| The way of life of a group of people | culture |
| These tell of Indian peoples' beliefs about the world and their place in it | origin stories |
| The most important crop grown in the Americas | maize |
| The mounds built by early peoples for burying their dead or for religious purposes | earthworks |
| Special underground rooms that the Anasazi held religious services | kivas |
| canoes made from large, hollowed-out logs | dugouts |
| movement | migration |
| huge sheets of ice | glaciers |
| possible explanation | theory |
| Scientists who study the cultures of people | archaeologists |
| objects that early peoples had made | artifacts |
| proof | evidence |
| The use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something | technology |
| die out | extinct |
| beliefs about God or gods | religion |
| a group of many bands of people with a shared culture and land | tribe |
| more than was needed | surplus |
| work on one job they could do well | specialize |
| a diagram that shows the events that took place during a certain period of time | time line |
| a period of 10 years | decade |
| a period of 100 years | century |
| a period of 1000 years | millennium |
| a culture that has well-developed forms of government, religion and learning | civilization |
| places of worship | temples |
| a building with three or more sides shaped like triangles | pyramid |
| spreading culture through trading with other people | cultural diffusion |
| Spanish word for "town" or "village". Multistoried and made of adobe bricks or stone bricks | pueblos |
| high, flat -topped hills | mesa |
| long dry spell with no rain | drought |
