Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.
