Question

Archeologists believe that the Ancestral Pueblo people began building their homes in cliffs to defend themselves in times of war. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?
A. Many of the cliff dwellings are accessible only by rope ladder.
B. Most of the towers were built around kivas.
C. Cliff Palace could have provided shelter for over 100 people.
D. Ancestral Pueblo people built dams, walls and other basic irrigation systems.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Many of the cliff dwellings are accessible only by rope ladder.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt, archeologists believe that the Ancestral Pueblo people began building their homes in cliffs to defend themselves in times of war.

The evidence from the text that supports this conclusion is that many of the cliff dwellings are accessible only by rope ladder.

This is because, by showing that the Pueblo people had been building their homes in the cliffs to protect themselves in times of war, he proves his point.