| A | B |
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| diversity | differences, such as those among different people |
| dugout | a boat made from a large, hollowed-out log |
| cultural region | an area where peoples share some ways of life |
| pit house | a house built partly over a hole dug in the earth so that some of its rooms are under the ground |
| clan | a group of families that are related to one another |
| barter | to exchange goods with other people |
| potlatch | a special Native American gathering at which the hosts give away valuable gifts |
| totem pole | a wooden post that is carved with shapes of people and animals to show a family's history |
| arid | very dry |
| kachina | one of the spirits that are important to the religion of the Hopis and other Pueblo peoples |
| ceremony | a service performed for a special purpose, such as for a religion |
| hogan | a cone-shaped house built by covering a log frame with mud or grass |
| shaman | a religious leader and healer |
| lodge | a circular house built over a shallow pit and covered with sod |
| sod | earth cut into blocks or mats that are held together by grass and its roots |
| tepee | a cone-shapes tent made of poles covered with animal skins |
| travois | a kind of carrier that is made up of two poles fastened to the harness of an animal |
| legend | a story handed down over time, often to explain the past |
| Iroquois League | a group of Iroquois tribes that worked together for peace |
| confederation | a loosely united group of governments |
| council | a group that makes laws |
| longhouse | a long wooden building in which several Indian families lived together |
| city-state | a city that has it own ruler and government |
| class | a group of people treated with the amount of respect that is given to the group's place in society |
| noble | a person from an important family |
| slavery | the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders |
| empire | a conquered land of many peoples and places governed by one ruler |
| emperor | the ruler of an empire |
| tribute | payments a ruler demands from his or her people |
