Types of Homes
This house is made of ice blocks and shaped like a dome.
What is an igloo?
What is an igloo made of?
What is ice?
Sod houses were built where there were no trees. What land is this?
What are the prairies?
Why did people stop using bison hides to cover tipis?
What is overhunting?
This house is made by stacking logs on top of each other.
What is a log home?
What was originally used to cover a tipi?
What is bison hide?
Where were log homes commonly built?
What are forested areas?
How many people could fit inside a tipi?
What is 4-5?
This home is shaped like a cone and was covered with animal skins.
What is a tipi?
What was used to fill the cracks in log homes?
What is plaster, lime, or cement?
Where were igloos traditionally built?
What is the Arctic?
Which home could be made longer if more family members joined?
What is a longhouse?
Which home is built from straw and covered with clay, soil, and water?
What is a straw bale house?
What was used as a foundation for Métis Folk Homes?
What is river stones?
Which group of people built longhouses?
Who are the Mohawk?
This large wooden house could fit over 100 people inside.
What is a Coast Salish Plank House?
This home was made by bending tree branches into an arch and covering them with bark.
What is a wigwam?
What covers the outside of a Mohawk longhouse?
What is bark?
Where were Coast Salish plank houses built?
What is the Pacific Northwest?
Which house was sometimes used for special ceremonies?
What is a wigwam?