| A | B |
| vast tracts | big sections of land |
| waves | the way people move to a place by using different times |
| Appalachian Mountains | mountains that go from New York to Mississippi |
| West Coast | part of America that touches the Pacific Ocean |
| pioneers | people who settled in the middle of America |
| Great Plains | first thought to be a desert, people foound they could grow wheat and corn. It is the middle of the United States |
| forest wilderness | a forest that does not have many people living in it. |
| frontiers | a distant area where few people live |
| Native Americans | Indians - people who lived in America first and separated into tribes |
| Continent | one of the main land masses of earth Example - Europe, Asia. Africa, North America, South America, Austrailia and Antarctica |
| descendants | a person that is from a specific ancestor; a son or daughter |
| Tribal culture | behaviors and beliefs of Native Americans |
| Explorer | a person who travels for the purpose of discovery |
| resources | something that a country has and can be used to increase its wealth |
| settlers | people who goes and stays in a new country |