USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anasazi farmers adapted to their dry environment and grew maize, beans, and squash. Over time, they began to use irrigation to increase food production.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anasazi means “ancient outsiders.” Like many peoples during the agricultural era, the Anasazi employed a wide variety of means to grow high-yield crops in areas of low rainfall. Their baskets and pottery are highly admired by collectors and are still produced by their descendants for trade.

Detailed explanation-3: -People began to grow food. The people we now call Ancestral Pueblo or Anasazi began to farm in the dry, warm climate of the Four Corners area. They figured out how to irrigate their crops. Corn, beans, and squash (which probably came into Utah from Mexico) became a mainstay of meals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hopi Indians used irrigation to water their crops. They dug long ditches from rivers for water to travel from. This helped them grow crops like corn, squash, and beans.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term “Anasazi” was established in 1927 through the archaeological Pecos Classification system, referring to the Ancestral Pueblo people who spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, including Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon De Chelly, and Aztec.