Materials
What is concrete?
This force keeps all structures grounded.
What is gravity?
This civilization built aqueducts to transport water across cities.
What is the Roman Empire?
This natural building material is made by baking clay at high temperatures.
What is brick?
Arches and domes handle this force, which pushes things together.
What is compression?
The Greeks used this type of column, the simplest of the three classical orders.
What is Doric?
Before modern materials, people used this strong and flexible grass to build homes in tropical areas.
What is bamboo?
A beam that resists bending under weight is designed to manage this force that tries to pull things apart.
This ancient civilization in South America is known for its precise stone-cutting in Machu Picchu.
What is Inca?
This type of material is often used in ancient monuments.
What is stone?
Tall buildings often sway slightly due to this force caused by moving air.
Wind
Ancient builders often used ramps and levers to move these heavy items into place.
What are stones or blocks?
This type of treated wood resists rot and is commonly used for decks and outdoor structures.
The shape that distributes weight evenly in a triangle and is often used in bridges and roofs.
Truss
This invention by Archimedes helped lift water for irrigation and may have been used in construction.
What is the Archimedean screw?