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| Agriculture | the science of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising livestock |
| Climate | the general weather conditions, including the temperature, precipitation, and wind the are averaged over a period of years in a region |
| Culture | the way of life for a group of people |
| Irrigation | to supply dry land with water by a means of dams, ditches, pipes, or streams |
| Long House | a house typically built of poles and wood, with a central corridor and family compartments. This house was typical of the Iroquois |
| Mesa | a flat-topped hill area with steep |
| Migration | the movement of people from one region n to another |
| Nomads | people with no permanent home who move in search of food |
| Pueblo | a permanent village or community of any of the Pueblo people, typically consisting of a multi-leveled adobe or stone apartment like dwelling |
| Tepee | a portable dwelling of Great Plains Indians consisting of a conical framework of poles covered with skin or bark. This dwelling was used by the Sioux. |
| Totem Pole | a post carved with a series of symbols and erected before a dwelling, most commonly associated with people of the North West coast |
