ExpositoryTextTheAnasaziBYKENBENNPAIREDREADTheAnasaziWereAstronomersSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:MarkKarrass/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,505**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyarchaeologists,era,fragments,historians,intact,preserved,reconstructing,remnantsContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118561-0MHID:0-02-118561-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction...............................2Chapter1WhoWeretheAnasaziPeople?..............4Chapter2HowDidTheyLive?........................8Chapter3WhereDidtheAnasaziGo?...............12Conclusion................................16RespondtoReading......................18TheAnasaziWereAstronomers..19Glossary..................................22Index.....................................23FocusonSocialStudies...................24TheAnasaziBYKENBENNEssentialQuestionHowdoweexplainwhathappenedinthepast?Royalty-Free/CORBISIntroductionTheAnasazibuiltandlivedinlargecommunitieslikethesecliffdwellingsinMesaVerdeNationalPark,Colorado.In1889,tworancherswereoutsearchingforstraycattlewhentheysawanamazingsight.Theywentintoacanyonandfoundwhatseemedtobeacityinthecliffs.ThecliffhouseswereremnantsoftheancientAnasazicivilization.TheAnasazipeoplehaddisappearedfromtheareanearly600yearsearlier.22TheAnasaziwereamazingbuilders.Theybuilthousesintocliffs.Theyalsomadebuildingsseveralstorieshighthathadhundredsofrooms.Entirecommunitiescou...
