| A | B |
| Bering Land Bridge | Strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia during the last ice age. |
| Culture | Common values and traditions of a society. |
| Environments | Climates and landscapes that surround living things. |
| Hunter-Gatherers | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs. |
| Migration | Movement of people from one region to another. |
| Paleo-Indians | The first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America. |
| Totems | Images of ancestors or animals. |
| Democracy | Form of government in which the people rule themselves. |
| Joint Stock Companies | Businesses formed by a group of people who jointly share an investment and share in the profits and losses. |
| Kivas | Underground ceremonial chambers. |
| Matrilineal | Ancestry traced through mothers side. |
| Mosques | Buildings for Muslim prayer. |
| Pueblos | Above ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe. |
| Reason | Clear and ordered thinking. |
| Knights | Warriors who fought on horseback in return for land from nobles. |