Natives of North America

2. A strip of land connecting Asia and North America during the Ice Age, enabling migration.
3. Early people who migrated from Asia to the Americas during the Ice Age using a land bridge.
7. A lifestyle of moving from place to place rather than settling permanently, typical of some Great Plains cultures.
9. Native Americans of the Southwest who relied on irrigation for farming maize, beans, and squash.
10. The movement of people or animals from one region to another.
12. A ceremonial feast among Pacific Northwest Native Americans where chiefs gave away belongings to gain social status.
13. People who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
14. Aboveground houses made of adobe clay, built by the Anasazi.
15. The climate and landscape surrounding living organisms, which influenced the development of Native American societies.
18. A Mississippian city near present-day St. Louis, home to around 30,000 people.

1. A mound-building culture with major cities, the largest being Cahokia.
4. An alliance of Iroquois tribes that became a powerful political and military force.
5. Native group who followed buffalo herds for sustenance.
6. The area where present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet, home to the Anasazi.
8. One of the earliest farming cultures in North America, known for their pueblos and kivas.
10. A society where ancestry is traced through the mother, such as the Pawnee in the Great Plains.
11. A symbol, often representing ancestors or spirits, used in the Pacific Northwest Native cultures.
13. An early civilization in North America that built large burial mounds along the Mississippi River.
16. Nomadic tribe in the Southwest that survived by hunting, foraging, and raiding Pueblo villages.
17. Underground ceremonial chambers used for religious purposes by the Anasazi.