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Adena: type of Mound builder, who were hunters and gathers,
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adobe homes: sun dried mud bricks built by people in the found in southwest - Hopi, Acoma, Zuni, Apache, Navajo
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Anasazi: They built pueblos, and dwellings in the walls of steep cliffs. They left due to drought
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archeology: study of ancient peoples
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artifacts: things left behind by early people
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Aztec: Early civilization Military society, religious
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Beringia: land bridge lying underneath Bering strait connecting Asia and North America
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Cahokia: largest settlement of the Mound Builders
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carbon dating: method to find out how old an artifact is
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civilizations: highly developed societies
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culture: a way of life for a particular group of people
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Cuzco: Inca capital city
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Federations: governments that linked different groups, formed by the Iroquois and Cherokee
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Hohokam people: lived in dry hot desert, relied on irrigation, left behind pottery, carved stone, and shells
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Hopewell: Mound builder who were farmers and traders
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Ice Ages: periods of extremely cold temperatures
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Inca: Early civilization developed stone walls and roads, captured by Spanish
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Inuit: people who settled in the northernmost part of North America, survived in the cold Arctic climate, hunters and fishers.
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Machu Picchu: religious center of Inca
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maize: early form of corn
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Maya: 1st civiliaztion made pyramids studied astronomy, religious
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migration: movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
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mound builders: Built mounds
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nomads: people who moved from place to place, Hunted large and small animals
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plains peoples: Dakota, lived in Teepees, became skilled riders
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pueblos: great stone dwellings
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Tenochtitlan: greatest Aztec city, greatest cities in the americas warrior people
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terraces: broad platforms cut into land for planting crops by Incas
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theocracy: society ruled by religious leaders (like Maya)
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Tikal: largest Mayan city, now Guatemala