| A | B |
| lodge | home made of earth, logs, grass |
| communication | sharing thoughts, feelings |
| colony | people ruled by another country |
| decade | ten years |
| invention | something made for the first time |
| revolution | fight independence; 1775 |
| independence | make own rules |
| disaster | causes great harm to many |
| Civil War | same country fighting |
| tepee | triangular home of buffalo skins |
| satellite | spacecraft sending signals |
| transportation | moving from place to place |
| century | one hundred years |
| historical society | group interested in town's history |
| constitution | plan of government; laws; rules |
| transcontinental | one side of the country to the other |