Vocabulary - Earliest Americans -2

An ____________________________ is a relative that lived a long time ago.

• ancestor

• hide

• canyon

• adobe

____________________ is the top layer of Earth’s surface where plants grow.

• adobe

• soil

• fuel

• hide

_________________ is a substance that is used to create heat or energy.

• Fuel

• Soil

• Igloo

• Pueblo

___________________________ is a type of brick made from sun dried clay.

• Hide

• Fuel

• Adobe

• Pueblo

____________________________ is animal skin.

• Northern Lights

• Ancestor

• Canyon

• Hide

The _________________________________________ are soft, colorful lights that appear in the sky in northern lands, caused by the reflection of the sunlight.

• northern lights

• ancestor

• igloo

• canyon

______________________ are a group of Native American people who live in the American Southwest.

• Ancestor

• Igloo

• Pueblo

• Adobe

A ____________________________________________ is a person who lives on a rock ledge or cliff wall, such as a member of the Ancestral Pueblo.

• ancestor

• cliff dweller

• fuel

• Pueblo

An _____________________________ is a dome-shaped temporary shelter made from snow blocks.

• igloo

• adobe

• ancestor

• northern lights

A ___________________________ is a deep valley between mountains , cut through the rock by river water.

• northern lights

• cliff dweller

• canyon

• adobe