Lesson 3

5. products that are made or grown in order to be sold; things for sale
7. a cliff-dwelling built by the Ancestral Puebloans located in southwestern Colorado; the largest cliff-dwelling in North America
8. suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat
10. a region once inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans; the location of the Cliff Palace
14. a house formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs
15. country in North America south of the United States
16. a multi-storied structure of the Ancestral Puebloans and Puebloans that could house up to 250 people
17. to establish an institution often with terms of future maintenance
18. a complex culture in which large numbers of people share basic elements, such as a social structure, religion, and art
20. a large Puebloan structure that was build in Chaco Canyon
21. group of blood relatives; important Indian social unit, especially in the western pueblos
22. a canyon in northwest New Mexico containing a group of Ancestral Puebloan settlements, including Pueblo Bonito

1. a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
2. building material made from mixing water with clay and sand
3. religious center for the Ancestral Puebloans and the Puebloans; very important to the cultures that centered their religious ceremonies in a kiva
4. a method of building a house by using closely-placed poles tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses
6. human activity that provides the goods or services in the economy
9. state in the southwestern United States; ceded to the United States by Mexico in 1848
11. way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
12. a group of interconnected people who exchange services
13. an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado
14. state in the western United States
19. a period of little rainfall, in which growing crops becomes difficult