| A | B |
|---|
| glacier | thick sheet of ice |
| artifact | stone tool, weapon or other object made by humans |
| archaeology | study of evidence left by early peoples |
| culture | entire way of life a people has developed |
| adobe | sun-dried brick |
| pueblo | multistoried house that could shelter hundreds of families |
| drought | long dry spell |
| Beringia | a land bridge once joined Siberia to Alaska |
| Illinois | The Mississippians built a large city at Cahokia in what present-day state? |
| Southwest | In what part of North America did the Hohokams and the Anasazis live: NW, NE, SW, or SE? |
| Anasazis | Who built homes on cliff walls to protect themselves from attack? |
| drought | What happened to the weather to force the Anasazi to leave their villages? |
| culture area | region in which people share a similar way of life |
| igloo | Inuit house of ice and snow |
| kayak | small skin boat used by the Inuit |
| kiva | underground chamber for Pueblo religious ceremonies |
| hogan | Navajo house made of mud plaster over a wooden framework |
| tepee | cone shaped tent that Plains people made from buffalo hides |
| travois | sled used by Plains people to haul gear |
| Longhouse | house shared by several Iroquois families |
| Inuit | Lived in the Arctic, hunting & fishing way of life; lived in igloos. |
| Kwakiutl | Lived in the Northwest Coast, fishing way of life. |
| Ute, Shoshone | Lived in the Great Basin, had a hunting & gathering way of life. |
| Pueblo | Lived in the Southwest, had a farming lifestyle. |
| Navajo | Lived in the Southwest; learned to farm from the Pueblos. |
| Blackfoot | Lived in the Great Plains; had a hunting & farming way of life. |
| Natchez | Lived in the Southeast on the Gulf Coast; ruled by the Great Sun. |
| Iroquois | Lived in the Eastern Woodlands; had a hunting & farming way of life; women had a great deal of power. |
| potlatch | gatherings where people showed off their wealth |
| artifacts | arrowheads, pottery, buried animal bones, stone tools |
| mounds | built to bury their dead |
| rain | a precious resource to the farming peoples of the dry Southwest |
| League of Iroquois | united several groups of tribes in the Eastern Woodlands called the League of Nations, mainly in New York State |
| sachem | ruling group of women |
| kachina | doll |
