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WorksheetsCh 14 Early Housing styles
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
A roof that has two slopes on each side, the upper slope being flatter than the lower
saltbox
gable
gambrel
hip
A house with a simple rectangular design, a central chimney, and a pitched roof
saltbox
half-timbered
Cape Cod
pueblo
Bundles of reeds or straw
ell
thatch
adobe
tiki
A style of house built by English colonists in which the wood frame formed part of the outside wall
half-timbered
ell
pueblo
Cape Cod
A two-sided roof with steep angle
pitched roof
gambrel roof
saltbox
adobe
One of many houses built on top of each other into cliffs and caves and on the level ground
saltbox house
half-timbered house
Cape Cod house
pueblo
A building material consisting of sun-dried bricks formed from clay
coquina
adobe
thatch
slate
A two-story, pitched-roof house in which the rear part of the roof extends downward to cover a first-floor addition
Cape Cod house
saltbox house
half-timbered house
pueblo
The half-timbered house had its origins in Denmark.
true
false
A pitched roof is sometimes called a gable roof.
true
false
A Spanish word meaning “villages” is used to describe the permanent structures built by Native Americans of the Southwest.
true
false
The Inuit people lived in houses built partially underground and covered with sod.
true
false
Longhouses were multifamily dwellings built by the first European colonists in North America.
true
false
The stone and brick houses early Dutch settlers built were considered tiny by colonial standards.
true
false
The French who settled in the southern Mississippi Valley adapted their cottages with porches to keep their houses cool.
true
false
Dormers were sturdy houses built to help colonists survive the harsh winters.
true
false
Which of the following was a cultural influence on the housing built by early Native Americans?
the type of protection from the weather that was needed
methods of obtaining food
which building materials were available
none of the above
Which of the following was an environmental influence on the housing built by early Native Americans?
size of the group, family, or organization
religious beliefs
social organization
none of the above
Which of the following structural features was derived from Old World English homes and adapted by the colonists?
a second story that overhangs or projects from the first story
stone and brick dwellings four or five stories high
trees cut into logs and laid on one another horizontally
a long, rectangular frame with a barrel-shaped roof covered by strips of bar
To combat the frigid temperatures of the far North, the Inuit people __?__.
built houses that were partially underground
designed downward-sloping entrances to protect against the wind
built dwellings from blocks of ice, lightly covered with snow
all of the above
Triangular end walls formed by a pitched roof are called (a) .
(a) is a soft porous limestone composed of shell and coral.
Structures projecting through a steeply sloping roof to add light are called (a) .
A(n) (a) has a second story that overhangs or projects from the first story. (2 words)
An (a) is an extension built at right angles to the length of the structure
