Civilizations in North America Ch. 4 Vocabulary Quiz

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

• kiva

• cliff dweller

• wickiup

• adobe

a deep valley cut through rock by river water

• hogan

• yucca

• cliff dweller

• canyon

a building material made partially of sun-dried clay

• adobe

• kiva

• cliff dweller

• yucca

an underground structure used for everyday and ceremonial purposes

• wickiup

• hogan

• kiva

• canyon

a hut made from a frame of bent grass or bark-covered branches

• wickiup

• hogan

• cliff dweller

• kiva

a home made of logs or stone

• cliff dweller

• yucca

• kiva

• hogan

a plant that grows in the Southwest that has tough leaves

• adobe

• yucca

• canyon

• wickiup