| A | B |
| archeology | study of unwritten past |
| artifact | remains of objects made by humans |
| migration | movement of people from place to place |
| hunter-gatherers | lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants |
| environments | climates and landscapes that surround living things |
| societies | groups who share a common culture |
| culture | set of common values and traditions |
| domestication | breeding plants and animals for human use |
| maize | corn |
| glyphs | symbols that represent ideas |
| kayak | one person canoe |
| igloo | home made of blocks of ice |
| totems | wooden poles with representations of ancestors and spirits |
| longhouses | rectangular homes made of bark and logs |