Vocabulary U5 Chp.1 North America and Louisiana's first people

 a small strip of land that connects two large landmasses

• channel
• peninsula
• plateau
• land bridge

a large, prehistoric elephant-like animal covered with hair

• mrosaurus

• moreanosaurus

• mammoth

• The great furry elephintorous

 large, extinct elephant-like mammal

• Dodo Bird
• Saber-toothed Tiger
• Mastodon
• Mammoth

• animals that are hunted

• predator
• game

• victim
• hunter

a device used for throwing a spear

• spearthrower
• javelin
• bow
• atlatl

• a group of Native American peoples who live in the American Southwest

• Apache nation
• Navajo tribe
• Cherokee people
• Pueblo people

a person who lives on a rock ledge or cliff wall, such as a member of the Ancestral Pueblo people

• cliff dweller
• cave dweller
• valley dweller
• mountain dweller

• a type of brick made from sun-dried clay

• adobe
• mudbrick
• sandstone
• claystone

• a large, rounded pile

• hill
• peak
• valley
• mound

• Native American leader who is believed to have special powers

• Medicine man
• Chief
• Witch doctor
• Shaman