Pre-Columbian People of America vocab

of, relating to, or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

• pre-American

• post-American

• pre-Columbian

• post-Columbian

Position relative to that of other; standing.

• status

• potlatch

• mesa

• pueblo

A broad, flat-topped, elevated area of land.

• kiva

• longhouse

• mesa

• adobe

A traditional gathering of peoples from the Pacific Northwest that includes feasting, dancing, and gifts.

• party

• fiesta

• potlatch

• potluck

An adobe or stone apartment home with many levels.

• adobe

• mesa

• pueblo

• kiva

A brick or building material made of sun-dried earth and straw.

• adobe

• pueblo

• earth lodge

• longhouse

Tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.

• archaeologist

• matrilineal

• status

• mesa

An underground ceremonial chamber found in a pueblo.

• kiva

• consensus

• fast

• plaza

Moving from place to place in search of food.

• fast

• wanderer

• status

• nomadic

A large domes house made of a wooden frame and covered with earth.

• earth lodge

• longhouse

• plaza

• adobe