Migration
The movement of people into a new area.
Migration
A highly developed society.
Civilization
A Native American structure that housed many people.
Pueblo
This group of people lived in the Four Corners area, in cliff dwellings.
Ancestral Pueblo
The human history period before written records or documentation.
Pre-history
In spite of.
Despite
A form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas and sounds.
Hieroglyphics
An interconnected system
Network
This was a Navajo term that meant "Ancient Ones" or “Ancient Enemies"
Anasazi
Unusual
Unique
To help things grow
Cultivate
A broad platform of flat land cut into a slope.
Terrace
Name the four main ancient civilizations of Central and South America.
Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca.
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Green Table
A system that supplies water to crops by artificial means.
Irrigation
A narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water.
Strait
A landmass that used to bridge the gap between North America and Asia, connecting what are now Alaska and Russia with dry land.
Beringia
A government that links and unites different groups.
Federation
Mesa Verde National Park borders this Native American reservation.
Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation
A historical and cultural region that stretches from central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.
Mesoamerica
A people’s shared values, beliefs, traditions and behaviors.
Culture
This was the capital city of the Aztec empire.
Tenochtitlan
This "Mound" city dates back to 700 AD and includes 70 mounds and earthworks.
Cahokia Mounds
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National Park Service, US Department of the Interior
Produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment.
Indigenous