| A | B |
|---|
| potlatch | a large dinner gathering |
| tribe | villages that shared common customs |
| clan leader | chosen by Iroquois women |
| sachem | served on the Iroquois ruling council |
| kiva | underground chamber used for religious ceremonies |
| culture | ways of life passed on to the next generation |
| causeways | waterways used by Aztecs |
| civilization | advanced culture |
| aquaducts | used to irrigate farmland |
| artifacts | clues left behind |
| mound builders | who buried their dead in dirt mounds |
| Inca | civilization in the Andes Mts |
| Great Basin | traveled in family groups searching for food |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital |
| Plains | group whose way of life changed due to horses |
| priests | top of Mayan society |
| Natchez | lived along the Gulf Coast |
| Inca | used running messengers |
| Aztec | group who used human sacrifices |
| calendar | developed by Mayan priests |
| drought | threat in the southwest |
| Great Plains | used the same animal for food and shelter |
