ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICA
PROJECT
Name: ______
1. Study the home above. What is the building type?
A. split level
B. 1 story
C. 1 ½ story
D. 2 story
2. What is the roof style in the home above?
A. gambrel
B. gable
C. mansard
D. hip
3. Looking at the home above, what is the architectural style that is best indicated?
A. Victorian
B. Salt Box
C. Tudor
D. Art Moderne
4. On the picture above, what is the building type of the home?
A. 1 story
B. 1 ½ story
C. 2 story
D. Split level
5. Study the picture above. What architectural style is this most likely to be?
A. Spanish Colonial
B. Victorian
C. Art Modern
D. Salt Box
6. What is the term used to describe the decorative moldings and carvings in the gables of the home above?
A. parapets
B. cornices
C. dentils
D. gingerbread
7. Looking at the roof styles on the home above, which two are indicated on the main portion of the home and the tower?
A. Mansard and hip
B. Flat and cone
C. Gable and cone
D. Hip and gambrel
8. What is the building type on the house above?
A. Split level
B. 1 story
C. 1 ½ story
D. 2 story
9. What are the windows called that project from the roof in the house above?
A. Dormers
B. Cupolas
C. Friezes
D. Palladian Windows
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10. Study the home above. What architectural style would be closest to the one shown here?
A. Victorian
B. Colonial
C. International Revival
D. California Ranch
11. On the home above, which roof style is suggested?
A. Flat
B. Gable
C. Cone
D. Gambrel
12. Study the picture above. What architectural style is indicated?
A. Plantation Colonial
B. Victorian
C. International Revival
D. Mission
13. Is the building type a……. A. one story B. 1 ½ story C. two story
14. Would the shingles most likely be…. A. red tiles or B. shingles
15. Study the capital on the columns. If you had to choose which style of columns they are derived from, would that be closest to…
A. Doric
B. Corinthian
C. Ionic
16. Study the picture above. What is the architectural style that is indicated?
A. Mission
B. Wrightian
C. Cape Cod
D. High Tech
17. Is the building type… A. one story B. 1 ½ story C. 2 story
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18. On the home above, what is the roof style? A. Gambrel B. Gable C. Mansard
19. Would this building type be…. A. one story B. 1 ½ story C. split level
20. The architectural style in the building above would most likely be…
A. Norman
B. Craftsman
C. Spanish Colonial Revival
D. Brutalism
21. What is the featurethat projects upward out of the roof called?
A. Dormer
B. Campanile
C. Cupola
22. What is the roof style on the home above? A. Hip B. Gable C. Cone
23. Study the home above. Would this be considered a… A. 1 ½ story B. 2 story
24. There are decorative strips of wood filled with plaster on the upper story of the home above. What is that called?
A. Stucco
B. Half-timbering
C. Pediments
D. Parapets
25. What is the roof style in the home pictured above?
A. Gambrel
B. Cone
C. Mansard
D. Hip
26. Would this home be considered a… A. 1 B. 1 ½ story C. 2 story
27. What is the roof style in the home above? 28. What is the roof style in the home above?
A. HipA. Hip
B. GableB. Gable
C. MansardC. Mansard
D. GambrelD. Gambrel
29. Both homes above are the same building type: ______
30. What is the term that refers to the entry porch on the house above?
A. Cupola
B. Gingerbread
C. Frieze
D. Portico
31. Which is the architectural style most likely to be?
A. New England Farmhouse
B. Georgian
C. Second Empire
D. Italianate
32. A ______is the term given to the crescent-shaped window found near the top of the house.
33. The crescent-shaped window is just one type of ______. A feature such as this is often rectangular in shape and located above a doorway. It functions to help regulate light and ventilation.
34. The crescent-shaped window is located in a triangle-shaped area. This is simply decorative, and is called a…
______.
35. The entry porch has a roof and half-columns called ______. These half-columns are built into or onto the wall.