the region of North America that was home to many native american tribes

Mostly lived in the Ohio Valley region around 700 BC; were most remembered for their elaborate burial mounds and agriculture.

Arrived in the Ohio Valley region around 300 BC, and began building mounds as well. Had extensive trade routes to Wyoming, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes.

Native American groups who built earthen mounds. The Adena and Hopewell built similar mounds for burial while the Mississippians built mounds for other purposes.

an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.

mound building culture who developed in Mississippi river valley. Built the city of Cahokia around 900 CE.

An urban center established by Anasazi located in southern New Mexico. There, they built a walled city with dozens of three-story adobe houses with timbered roofs. Community religious functions were carried out in two large circular chambers called kivas.

Built by the Anasazi and found in Chaco Canyon, this city featured 800 rooms, built of adobe, interconnected interior walkways joining rooms and T-shape doorways

A human-made waterway.

Steep hills with flat tops

copper, jewelry, fine pottery

Maize and beans

Important culture of what is now the southwest (700- 1100 C.E.). Centered on Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Colorado, the Anasazi culture built multistory residences and worshiped in subterranean buildings called kivas. Also, known as Pueblos cliff dwellers.

greenish-blue precious stone

A cluster of Native American stone or adobe dwellings.