Week 6

Early Puebloan people believed their ancestors who died lived in the center of the Earth.

• True

• False

The homes of these ancient people, called 'sipapus," had holes in the floors, which were used for religious purposes.

• True

• False

Although the Ute American Indians used to live in all part of our state, they now only have their headquarters in two Colorado towns, which are Towaoc and Ignacio?

• True

• False

The pit houses of the earlier Ancient Puebloan people

• were one-room houses

• were where these natives sometimes buried their dead under the flooring

• had cone-shaped roofs made from poles

• all of the above

The later Puebloans build homes called kivas. Some characteristics of them were that

• they were built in the sides of cliffs

• they were used mostly for religious purposes

• they had fire pits in the center

• they were easily taken down when these nomadic natives traveled.

Our Colorado plant, the prickly pear cactus, lives mostly in the dry areas of our state and

• has fruit, which are sold and used for food

• is only used for decoration and as food for livestock

• is sometimes called the Indian fig

• contains a blue dye, which is used for manufacturing clothing

In Mesa Verde, Colorado, the largest cliff dwelling is called ​ (a)   and was constructed between A.D. 1100 and A.D. 1290 by the ​ (b)  

• pueblos
• basket makers
• Cliff Palace
• long houses
• castel rock
• mesa
• Anasai

The homes of Anasazi were constructed under ​ (a)   , which were located in flat land covered with juniper trees and grass called ​ (b)  

• cliffs
• mesa
• pueblos
• Basket Makers
• Anasazi
• knolls
• Castle Rock

Around A.D. 750, ancient Puebloans, also called ​ (a)   , lived in apartment-like buildings called ​ (b)   constructed from clay bricks.

• Basket makers
• pueblos
• Anasazi
• long houses
• Cliff Palace
• Castle Rock
• mesa
• knolls
• cliffs