Early American Homes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. To throw or toss with a light motion (7)
  2. 4. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime (6)
  3. 7. A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other (plural) (10)
  4. 8. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of ___ roof (plural) (6)
  5. 11. Building material used as siding or roofing (plural) (8)
  6. 12. The clay from which ___ bricks are made (5)

Down

  1. 1. A type of house built in New England (7)
  2. 3. A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window (plural) (7)
  3. 5. A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper (7)
  4. 6. A fortified military post where troops are stationed (8)
  5. 9. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `___' by the Spanish because (6)
  6. 10. A house roof made with a plant material (6)
  7. 13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building (3)