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Cliff Dwellers

Quiz by Nicole Garcia

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  • Q1
    What is Mesa Verde National Park famous for?
    an endangered species of bird
    a collection of Native American baskets
    beautiful waterfalls
    Native American cliff dwellings
    120s
  • Q2
    What does the author describe in the passage?
    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
    120s
  • Q3
    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?
    Most of the towers were built around kivas.
    Cliff Palace could have provided shelter for over 100 people.
    Many of the cliff dwellings are accessible only by rope ladder.
    Ancestral Pueblo people built dams, walls and other basic irrigation systems.
    120s
  • Q4
    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?
    They started living in caves and shallow pits.
    Their cultural life began to focus less on ceremonial gatherings.
    They stopped building stone communities.
    Their cultural life began to focus on ceremonial gatherings.
    120s
  • Q5
    What is this passage mostly about?
    the importance of the kiva in Ancestral Pueblo culture
    cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park and the people who built them
    tribal warfare between Ancestral Pueblo peoples
    the “Late Basketmaker II” period
    120s
  • Q6
    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?
    to let students know what they will be quizzed on
    to ask the reader a direct question
    to ask rhetorical questions that won’t be answered
    to set up points that the passage will address
    120s
  • Q7
    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.
    ultimately
    such as
    thus
    notable
    120s

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