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**__Anasazi "The Cliff Dwellers"__**

** //Location// ** 
 * South Western Area also known as the "Four Corners"
 * ( Area where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah converge )

//** Time Period of Group: **//  **The Anasazi had four periods known as Pu****eblo I - IV**
 * Pueblo I: c. A.D. 750 to 900
 * Pueblo II: c. A.D. 900 to 1150
 * Pueblo III: c. A.D. 1150 to 1300
 * Pueblo IV: c. A.D. 1300 to 1600

// **Religion**: //
 * They practiced their religion inside a building called the kivas. Kivas are basically deep pits build in the living quarters.

 **//Everyday Life://**
 * Farmers would watch their corn farms. Everything that they needed for living could be found inside of the cliff even water through the cracks. Only thing that couldn't be found inside of the cliff would be hunting. Women would make pottery from clay and watch over the kids while the men went out to hunt.

<span style="color: #0a0adb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;"> <span style="color: #0a0adb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">// **Types of** **Houses**: //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Pueblos and Kivas ( considered as a building )
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Both Pueblos and Kivas are made from clay which then are molded.


 * //<span style="color: #0d0de3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;"> Government: //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Led by village chief in charge, the kikmongwi which makes important decisions such as where to farm and truce between other tribes.

**__Questions:__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">1. How is it possible that the Anasazi were able to live by the side of the cliff? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Anasazi were so organized that they were able to grow their crops and raise cattle even within the side of the cliff from the water they got from the cracks throughout the wall. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2. What did they make the pottery out of? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">They made pottery out of clay that could be found on the ground and then molded it with water to create bowls and pots. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">3.Since they had to farm how is it possible that they would have enough water to live and feed their family? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">There are wells and irrigation found within the cliff shows proof that they did store their water. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">4. What religion did they practice? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Not much is known about the religion but many people believed that the kivas were built to offer human/animal sacrifices to their please their god. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 5. How important were the village chief? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They were considered as the wise one knowing about many things. Village chief determined who they should have alliances with and which tribes to invade.

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