| Andes Mountains | | Means "place at the falls". |
| Wigwam | | The Aztecs and two other cities joined together. |
| Chinampas | | A huge rocky region in northern Canada. |
| Bowating | | A knotted cord used for record keeping. |
| Tribute | | Dome-shaped houses |
| Isthmus | | Mountains found in the western United States. |
| Tundra | | Level platforms of earth on a hill. |
| Codex | | Another name for taxes. |
| Canadian Shield | | Refers to differences. |
| Great Lakes | | Records kept on long folded sheets of paper. |
| Triple Alliance | | A series of lakes in northern America. |
| Terrace | | Center of Aztec culture and power. |
| Diversity | | A treeless plain. |
| Tenochtitlan | | Human made islands. |
| Timberline | | Mountains found in South America. |
| Quipu | | An imaginary line on a mountain whre tree don't grow. |
| Rocky Mountains | | A narrow strip of land that connects two land massses. |