Modern building change the character and appearance of towns and cities. The government should insist that new buildings be built in traditional styles to protect cultural identity. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

The materials

holds

Suggestion

hold

different positions on the causes of the migration of the Anasazi from their ancestral lands. The

lecturer

casts doubt on the idea in the reading that

this

migration was caused by

drought

.

This

belief is based on

lack

Suggestion

the lack

a lack

of solid evidence to support

this

idea According to the passage, a severe

drought

made farming impossible.

However

, the lecture contests

this

, claiming

instead

that it can be proven that there was no

drought

. The professor explains that rainfall levels can be discovered through examining tree trunks, and

this

research has shown that during the period of disappearance, there was no

drought

.

Furthermore

, it is only

pointed

Suggestion

pointing

out that the rings of the trees are wide, which indicates wet weather.

Next

, the passage claims that the increase in irrigation levels is evidence of the

drought

. In response, the

lecturer

says that an increase in irrigation actually shows the society was becoming more advanced. He argues that the population was expanding.

Thus

, according to the lecture, advancement in irrigation techniques cannot be used as evidence for a severe and prolonged

drought

.

Finally

, the reading passage suggests that a

drought

resulted in a food shortage, which led the Anasazi people to quickly relocate.

On the other hand

, the

lecturer

argues that the migration was not because of

drought

, but hostility from competing tribes. The

lecturer

refers to the Navajo.

Therefore

, it is noted that there were other factors that led the Anasazi people to flee what is now Arizona.