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Ch 14 Early Housing styles

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A roof that has two slopes on each side, the upper slope being flatter than the lower

a)

saltbox

b)

gable

c)

gambrel

d)

hip

2.

A house with a simple rectangular design, a central chimney, and a pitched roof

a)

saltbox

b)

half-timbered

c)

Cape Cod

d)

pueblo

3.

Bundles of reeds or straw

a)

ell

b)

thatch

c)

adobe

d)

tiki

4.

A style of house built by English colonists in which the wood frame formed part of the outside wall

a)

half-timbered

b)

ell

c)

pueblo

d)

Cape Cod

5.

A two-sided roof with steep angle

a)

pitched roof

b)

gambrel roof

c)

saltbox

d)

adobe

6.

One of many houses built on top of each other into cliffs and caves and on the level ground

a)

saltbox house

b)

half-timbered house

c)

Cape Cod house

d)

pueblo

7.

A building material consisting of sun-dried bricks formed from clay

a)

coquina

b)

adobe

c)

thatch

d)

slate

8.

A two-story, pitched-roof house in which the rear part of the roof extends downward to cover a first-floor addition

a)

Cape Cod house

b)

saltbox house

c)

half-timbered house

d)

pueblo

9.

The half-timbered house had its origins in Denmark.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

A pitched roof is sometimes called a gable roof.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

A Spanish word meaning “villages” is used to describe the permanent structures built by Native Americans of the Southwest.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

The Inuit people lived in houses built partially underground and covered with sod.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Longhouses were multifamily dwellings built by the first European colonists in North America.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

The stone and brick houses early Dutch settlers built were considered tiny by colonial standards.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

The French who settled in the southern Mississippi Valley adapted their cottages with porches to keep their houses cool.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Dormers were sturdy houses built to help colonists survive the harsh winters.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Which of the following was a cultural influence on the housing built by early Native Americans?

a)

the type of protection from the weather that was needed

b)

methods of obtaining food

c)

which building materials were available

d)

none of the above

18.

Which of the following was an environmental influence on the housing built by early Native Americans?

a)

size of the group, family, or organization

b)

religious beliefs

c)

social organization

d)

none of the above

19.

Which of the following structural features was derived from Old World English homes and adapted by the colonists?

a)

a second story that overhangs or projects from the first story

b)

stone and brick dwellings four or five stories high

c)

trees cut into logs and laid on one another horizontally

d)

a long, rectangular frame with a barrel-shaped roof covered by strips of bar

20.

To combat the frigid temperatures of the far North, the Inuit people __?__.

a)

built houses that were partially underground

b)

designed downward-sloping entrances to protect against the wind

c)

built dwellings from blocks of ice, lightly covered with snow

d)

all of the above

21.

Triangular end walls formed by a pitched roof are called (a)   .

22.

(a)   is a soft porous limestone composed of shell and coral.

23.

Structures projecting through a steeply sloping roof to add light are called (a)   .

24.

A(n) (a)   has a second story that overhangs or projects from the first story. (2 words)

25.

An (a)   is an extension built at right angles to the length of the structure