| A | B |
|---|
| Conquistador | conquerors from Spain or of Spanish descent |
| Immunity | resistance to disease |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish Conquistador who conquered Aztec Empire in 1521 |
| Montezuma | Aztec Emperor when Spanish conquered Aztec Empire |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire in1532. |
| Atahualpa | Sapa Inca (emperor) when the Spanish conquered Inca Empire |
| Hohokam | known as the Vanished Ones these people were early farmers of the North American Southwest |
| Anasazi | culture is sometimes referred to as “cliff-dwellers |
| Pueblo | Spanish called the Anasazi dwellings |
| Kiva | large underground chamber used for religious ceremonies |
| Mound Builders | Native Americans who built giant earthen structures that their settlements centered around |
| Adena and Hopewell | peoples of North America were early mound builders who lived in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys |
| Mesa Verde | large cliff-dwelling in North America |
| Pueblo Bonito | huge Anasazi complex consisted of 800 rooms that could have housed about 3,000 people |
| Cahokia | the largest North American Mississipian settlement reaching 40,000 people |
| potlatch | Northwest Native American families hosted ceremonial dinners where they gave gifts to guests to show wealth and gain status |
| Inuit | Native Americans who live in the Arctic region and whose name means the People |
| Iroquois League | Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands of North America |
