Why Did Ancestral Pueblo Culture Decline and Fall

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did Ancestral Pueblo culture decline and fall?

• A) An earthquake used widespread devastation.
• B) Europeans destroyed their settlements.
• C) Intertribal warfare tore the tribe apart.
• D) Smallpox ravaged its population.
• E) A terrible drought severely reduced its agricultural production.

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