Types of Homes
Materials Used
Where It’s Found
Fun Facts
100

This house is made of ice blocks and shaped like a dome.

What is an igloo?

100

What is an igloo made of?

What is ice?

100

Sod houses were built where there were no trees. What land is this?

What are the prairies?

100

Why did people stop using bison hides to cover tipis?

What is overhunting?

200

This house is made by stacking logs on top of each other.

What is a log home?

200

What was originally used to cover a tipi?

What is bison hide?

200

Where were log homes commonly built?

What are forested areas?

200

How many people could fit inside a tipi?

What is 4-5?

300

This home is shaped like a cone and was covered with animal skins.

What is a tipi?

300

What was used to fill the cracks in log homes?

What is plaster, lime, or cement?

300

Where were igloos traditionally built?

What is the Arctic?

300

Which home could be made longer if more family members joined?

What is a longhouse?

400

Which home is built from straw and covered with clay, soil, and water?

What is a straw bale house?

400

What was used as a foundation for Métis Folk Homes?

What is river stones?

400

Which group of people built longhouses?

Who are the Mohawk?

400

This large wooden house could fit over 100 people inside.

What is a Coast Salish Plank House?

500

This home was made by bending tree branches into an arch and covering them with bark.

What is a wigwam?

500

What covers the outside of a Mohawk longhouse?

What is bark?

500

Where were Coast Salish plank houses built?

What is the Pacific Northwest?

500

Which house was sometimes used for special ceremonies? 

What is a wigwam?

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