| A | B |
|---|
| land bridge | how the first Americans made their way to North America |
| Incan empire | was divided into quarters, provinces, and run by governors |
| Grand Council | Iroquois council of representatives that settled differences among League members |
| Great Plains Indians | used all parts of the buffalo they hunted |
| pueblos | dwellings of the Anasazi |
| Olmecs | "mother civilization" of early Mexico |
| city planning | contribution of Zapotec Indians |
| Maya | lacked a strong warrior class |
| Chichimecas | looked down upon for being wild and savage |
| hegemonic | an empire that rules by the threat of force |
| Caral | oldest city in the Americas |
| pottery | tells us about the Moche people |
| Cuzco | original site of the Inca people |
| Pachacuti | launched the campaigns that created the Incan empire |
| quipu | record keeping system for numbers, used by the Inca |
| germs | most useful to Pizarro in conquering the Inca |
| clan mothers | chose who would serve on the Iroquois Grand Council |
| Inuit | lived in Northern Canada and Alaska |
| Hopewell | best known for being mound builders |
| omen | why the Mexica settled at Tenochtitlan |
| human sacrifice | kept the Mexican gods happy |
| Mayan decline | this was due to invaders, civil war and human sacrifice |
| terraced farming | agriculture practiced by Inca in the mountains |
| hitching post of the sun | used as a solar observatory |
| three sisters | corn, beans, squash |
