Bayou Bridges Unit 5 Chapter 1 Vocabulary

A small strip of land that connects two large landmasses

• mammoth

• mastodon

• land bridge

• atlatl

Animals that are hunted

• game

• mound

• shaman

• land bridge

a large, rounded pile

• mastodon

• mammoth

• Pueblo

• mound

A Native American leader who is believed to have special powers

• atatl

• game

• shaman

• mammoth

a large prehistoric elephant-like animal covered with hair

• mastodon

• mammoth

• cliff dweller

• adobe

a type of brick made from sun-dried clay

• cliff dweller

• pueblo

• mound

• adobe

a device used for throwing a spear

• atlatl

• game

• mastodon

• mound

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

• Pueblo

• Cliff Dweller

• Land Bridge

• Shaman

a large, extinct elephant-like mammal

• mammoth

• adobe

• mastodon

• mound

A group of Native American peoples who live in the American Southwest

• game

• atlatl

• Pueblo

• adobe