ExpositoryTextTheAnasaziBYKENBENNPAIREDREADTheAnasaziWereAstronomersSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:MarkKarrass/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,534**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:978-0-02-119070-6MHID:0-02-119070-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1WhoWeretheAnasaziPeople?...............4Chapter2HowDidTheyLive?...........................8Chapter3WhereDidtheAnasaziGo?...................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading........................18TheAnasaziWereAstronomers.....19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24TheAnasaziBYKENBENNEssentialQuestionHowdoweexplainwhathappenedinthepast?Royalty-Free/CORBISIntroductionIn1889,tworancherswereoutsearchingforstraycattleinwhatisnowMesaVerdeNationalParkinColoradowhentheystumbledacrossanamazingsight.Enteringacanyon,theysawwhatappearedtobeacityinthecliffs.ThecliffdwellingstheyhadfoundwereremnantsoftheancientAnasazicivilization.TheAnasazipeoplewhohadbuiltthemhaddisappearedfromtheareanearly600yearsearlier.Thedwellingsdiscoveredin1889werethelargestcollectionofwell-preservedcliffdwellingseverfound.TheAnasazibuiltandlivedinlargecommunitie...
