PAIREDREADTheAnasaziWereAstronomersExpositoryTextTheAnasaziBYKENBENNSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:MarkKarrass/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,898**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:978-0-02-118616-7MHID:0-02-118616-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1WhoWeretheAnasaziPeople?................4Chapter2HowDidTheyLive?...........................8Chapter3WhereDidtheAnasaziGo?..................12Conclusion...................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TheAnasaziWereAstronomers.....19Glossary.....................................22Index........................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24EssentialQuestionHowdoweexplainwhathappenedinthepast?TheAnasaziBYKENBENNRoyalty-Free/CORBISIn1889,tworancherswereoutsearchingforstraycattlewhentheystumbledacrossanamazingsight.Enteringacanyon,theysawwhatappearedtobeacityinthecliffs.ThecliffdwellingstheyhadfoundwereremnantsoftheancientAnasazicivilization.TheAnasazipeoplewhobuiltthemhaddisappearedfromtheareanearly600yearsearlier.IntroductionTheAnasazibuiltandlivedinlargecommunitieslikethesecliffdwellingsinMesaVerdeNationalPark,Colorado.2ThebuildingskillsoftheAnasaziwereremarkable.Aswellasthecliffdwellings,they...
