Pueblo culture was known for which combination of features?

• A. Nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
• B. Ironworking and horse breeding.
• C. Terraced farming and canyon trade routes.
• D. Irrigation, trade, textiles, multistory houses built of mud brick.

Answer: (D)

Pueblo culture shows how people adapted to the arid Southwest through settled farming, engineered water use, craft production, and distinctive housing. They built permanent villages from mud brick and multistory structures, using irrigation systems to bring water to crops like maize, beans, and squash in a challenging environment. They were part of extensive trade networks, exchanging goods such as pottery, turquoise, shells, and textiles with neighbors across canyon routes. Textiles themselves were a major craft, reflecting skilled weaving that circulated within and beyond their communities. This combination—irrigation-based farming, trade, textiles, and durable adobe architecture—captures the Pueblo way of life far more completely than options that describe nomadic hunter-gatherers, post-contact ironworking or horse breeding, or farming methods not typical of their society.