| A | B |
|---|
| mesa | a high piece of land with a flat top |
| cliff | a high piece of rock with a long drop |
| farmland | land used to grow food |
| mud | a sticky mixture of water and dirt |
| mountain | high, pointed pieces of land |
| ancient | very old |
| abandon | leave something behind |
| ancestors | people from whom you descend; for example, your grandparents |
| dwellings | places where people live |
| ruins | broken parts of old buildings |
| migrated | moved from one place to another |
| descendants | your children, grandchildren, and so forth |
| community | a city, town, village or neighborhood where people live |
| archaeologists | scientists who study the ways people lived long ago |
| informational text | gives facts about a topic |
| facts | information that is true |
| opinions | statements about what people think |
| main idea | the most important idea in a paragraph or text |
| supporting details | gives information about the main idea |
| subject | what the text is about |
| quotes | words that people have said |
