Building Materials
What makes bricks turn red.
What is heat?
A pitched roof with triangular end walls.
What is gable?
Frank lloyd Wright is well known for designing this style of home.
What is prairie?
A cone shaped tent covered with buffalo hides which served as a home for the central and western plains Native American tribes
What is a tepee?
This floor plan has very few dividing walls that separate rooms
What is open?
A roofing material made of bundles of reeds or straw.
What is thatch?
This was located in the center of the great rooms of the Old English homes.
What is a fireplace?
This style of home would best suit someone who is in a wheelchair.
What is ranch?
These settlers introduced the log cabin to North America.
Who are the Swedes?
This floor plan have rooms that are separated and self-contained.
What is closed?
This is a plaster material made of cement, sand, and lime.
What is stucco?
A door that is cut in half and allows the top half to be open to serve as an additional window.
What is a Dutch door?
This style of home has a gabled roof that continues to the ground level, giving the whole house a triangular shape.
What is A-frame?
This house is named after a container found in Colonial kitchens.
What is saltbox?
This zone of the house provides quiet, comfortable areas for sleeping and relaxing as well as privacy for bathing and dressing.
What is private?
Wood can be classified into these 2 categories
What are soft and hard?
This style of home would best suit someone who is in a wheelchair.
What is ranch.
The style of these homes did not go over very well because people found them to be unattractive.
What is geodesic?
Long ago, people who lived in tree-less, rocky terrain built their homes of this
What is stone?
This zone of the house is where household work is done. It includes the kitchen, laundry room, workshop, and garage.
What is service?
Aerated concrete blocks have this intentionally trapped and sealed inside.
What is air?
These are a type of window that projects through a steeply sloping roof
What is a dormer?
This house can be recognized by a second story that overhangs or projects from the first story. It is said to prevent attackers from scaling the walls.
What is garrison?
Many years ago, before the invention of the refrigerator, people had these underground rooms for food storage.
What are cellars?
This zone of the house is used for activities and entertainment. It includes the living room, dining room, and family room.
What is social?