| A | B |
| warehouses | shelters buillt by the Mississippians to house extra crops |
| barter | to trade |
| economy | the way a culture gets goods and services |
| plazas | open spaces in a Mississippian town |
| palisade | a high wall made of wooden posts |
| bastions | guard towers in a palisade |
| universe | the earth and all of space |
| chiefdom | form of government where a chief is the ruling power |
| kinship | membership in the same family |
| noble | related to the chief |
| black drink | dark, hot tea |
| civilization | a human society where the government and economy are well developed |
| chunky | a disk thrown toward a spear during a game or skills practice |