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What is Mesa Verde National Park famous for?
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an endangered species of bird
a collection of Native American baskets
beautiful waterfalls
Native American cliff dwellings
Q 2/7
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What does the author describe in the passage?
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why the Ancestral Pueblo people transitioned to an agricultural lifestyle
Cliff Palace, the largest of the cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo people
basket weaving techniques from the “Late Basketmaker II” period
the development of pottery in Ancestral Pueblo culture
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What is Mesa Verde National Park famous for?
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What does the author describe in the passage?
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Archeologists believe that the Ancestral Pueblo people began building their homes in cliffs to defend themselves in times of war. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?
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The Ancestral Pueblo people moved from a strictly hunter-gatherer culture to one increasingly dependent on agriculture, growing beans and domesticating animals like turkeys. What effect did this have on their lifestyle?
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What is this passage mostly about?
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Read the following sentences: “Who built these fabulous dwellings? Why did they choose to dig them into the face of the rock itself? When did they live, and how did their civilization fade?”
Why does the author pose these questions?
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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Ancestral Pueblo people were much shorter than 21st Century humans; _________, the doorways in Cliff Palace are much smaller than modern doorways.
