| A | B |
| The Hohokam | Came from Mexico to present-day Arizona about 300 BC, experts in water collection. |
| channels | Trenches. |
| The Anasazi | Lived around 1AD to 1300 AD in an area of Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico. |
| pueblos | villages of sun-dried earth structures. |
| structure | Building |
| Mound Builders | Mounds that dot the landscape built around 1000 BC by many different peoples. |
| Cahokia | Biggest settlement of the Mound Builders in Illinois. |
| Inuit | People who settled in the lands around the Arctic Ocean. |
| federations | governments that link different groups |
| The Iroquoios | Lived near Canada in northern NYS, 5 nations. |
| clans | Groups of related families. |