| A | B |
| civilization | a culture that has a well developed form of government, religion, and learning |
| temple | place of worship |
| pyramid | a building with three or more sides shaped like a triangle |
| cultural diffusion | the spread of culture to other places through the trading process |
| pueblo | the psanish word for town or village that were apartment like dwellings made of clay bricks |
| adobe | a mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks |
| drought | a long dry spell when there is no rain |
| kiva | underground rooms used by the Anasazi for religious ceremonies |
| mesa | high, flat-topped hills |
| earthwork | hills of earth built by the Mound Builders |