| A | B |
|---|
| Brahmin | a priest or teacher |
| caste | a lifelong social group |
| enlightenment | a state of pure goodness |
| meditation | a way of clearing the mind |
| reincarnation | a process in which a person is reborn into a new life |
| alliance | an agreement |
| aqueduct | a struture that carries flowing water |
| a mercenary | a hired soldier |
| theocracy | a govt in which leaders are beleived to represent the will of gods |
| chinampas | floating island |
| archipelago | groups of islands |
| scrubland | area of low growing vegetation |
| wetland | area of very moist soil |
| biome | a place that has a distinct climate and specific types of plants and animals |
| quipu | ropes of different lengths and colors |
| arid | dry |
| adobe | made from sundried mud |
| a long house | rectangular building made of logs covered by bark |
| pit house | shelter made by digging a hole in the ground |
| pueblo | structure made from adobe bricks |
| tundra | cold, treeless land of low-lying vegetation |
| burial mound | a small hill of dirt built over the grave of a person |
| temple mound | hill of dirt built for ceremonies |
| tributary | smaller stream that flows into a larger river |
| etching | an imprinted drawing or design |
| Rocky Mountains | a major mountain range of North America |
| Andes Mountains | a mountain chain that stretches across the western edge of South America |
| Gulf of Mexico | one of the bodies of water that border Mesoamerica |
| dams and canals | built by the Hohokam so they were able to grow crops in the desert |
| government and military | used the roads built by the Inca Empire |
