| A | B |
|---|
| migration | movement |
| glaciers | huge sheets of ice |
| band | small group of people who work together to do activities |
| nomads | wanderers who have no settled home |
| theory | possible explanation |
| culture | way of life |
| archaeologists | scientists who study the cultures of people long ago |
| artifacts | objects that early people had made |
| evidence | proof |
| technology | use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something |
| extinct | die out |
| agriculture | farming |
| maize | corn |
| religion | belief about God or gods |
| tribe | group made up of many bands of people with a shared culture and land |
| surplus | more than was needed |
| specialize | work on one job they could do well |
| civilization | a culture that has developed forms of government, religion and learning |
| temple | places of worship |
| pyramid | building with three or more sides shaped like triangles |
| diffusion | spread to other places |
| earthworks | mounds |
| pueblos | Spanish word for town or village |
| adobe | mixture of sand and straw that is dried into bricks |
| mesas | high, flat-topped hills |
| drought | a long, dry spell |
| kivas | special underground rooms |
