Ancestral Pueblo and Mound Builders

What are cliff dwellers?

• Cliff dwellers are people who built their homes beneath or on the sides of cliffs.

• Cliff dwellers are people who built their homes on a mountain.

• Cliff dwellers are people who built their homes by the sea.

• Cliff dwellers are people who climb on the cliffs.

What are cliff dwellers?

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Who are the Pueblo?

• The Pueblo are Native Americans who lived in the Ice Age.

• The Pueblo are Inuit.

• The Pueblo are Native Americans who live in the Four Corners area of the United States.

• The Pueblo are Native Americans who live in Saudi Arabia

Who are the Pueblos?

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Who were the Ancestral Pueblo?

• The Ancestral Pueblo were hunter-gatherers who lived in the United States long time ago.

• The Ancestral Pueblo were a cliff-dwelling people who lived in the American Southwest nearly two thousand years ago.

• The Ancestral Pueblo were Inuit who used dog sleds to move.

• The Ancestral Pueblo were cliff-dwelling people who lived in Europe nearly two thousand years ago.

Who were the Ancient Pueblos?

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What did the Ancestral Pueblo eat?

• The Ancestral Pueblo hunted animals and raised crops such as corn, beans, and squash. They also gathered other plants to eat.

• The Ancestral Pueblo traded food with others.

• The Ancestral Pueblo raided other countries.

• The ancestral hunted seals and walruses. They also gathered berries to eat.

What did the Ancestral Pueblos eat?

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How might a change in climate have caused the Ancestral

Pueblo to leave their homes?

• Because of flooding, the Ancestral Pueblo were not able to live on the land.

• The severe weather would have destroyed their homes

• Without enough rainfall, Ancestral Pueblo started raiding each other causing them to run away.

• Without enough rainfall, the Ancestral Pueblo would not have been able to grow food, and the animals they depended on for food would have died.