The Indian cliff dwellings of the s

The Indian cliff dwellings of the southwestern United States are a source of interest and mystery for archaeologists. Located in the Four Corners are of the U.S. where Colorado , Utah, Arizona and New Mexico meet, the cliff dwellings were constructed during the Great Pueblo period, from approximately 1050 to 1300. The cliff dwellings are whole series of contiguous rooms built in layers into the sides of cliffs. The sleeping rooms of the cliff dwellings were very tiny, often only one to two meters wide and a little more than one meter high and they were built in complexes of up to several hundred rooms where daily life took place. When the cliff dwellings were first found by explorers, they had been abandoned. Archaeologists today are uncertain as to when or why they were abandoned and where the inhabitants went. There is some evidence, however, that the inhabitants left the cliff dwellings near the end of the thirteenth century because of a serious drought that is known to have occurred in the area from 1276 to 1299. Archaeologists believe that the inhabitants could have left the cliff dwellings to move southwest and southeast. Today, the descendants of the cliff dwellings are probably members of the Indian tribes of that area.
Question 46. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Great Pueblo period.
B. A description of the Indian cliff dwellings.
C. What is known and unknown about the cliff dwellings.
D. The Four Corner area of the United States.
Question 47. Why did the Four Corner area receive its name?
A. The area is a square with four corners.
B. The cliff dwellings in the area each have four corners.
C. The Great Pueblo are four-cornered.
D. The corners of four states meet there.
Question 48. According to the passage, when were the cliff dwellings built?
A. During the Great Pueblo period.
B. After the drought.
C. Sometime before 1050.
D. At the same time that the explorers found them.
Question 49. According to the passage, what size were the sleeping chambers?
A. Wide B. small C. high D. large