IntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknowundertheAlgonk
IntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.
IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknowundertheAlgonkiannameofwigwaminwhichtheIroquoisIndianslived.Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends,madebybendingyoungtreestoformtheroundshape.OverthisshapepiecesoftreebarkwerelaidtoprotecttheIndiansfrombadweather.Overthebarkdriedgrasswasadded.Asmallholeallowedsmoketoescapefromthetop.Doorwaysateachendservedalsoaswindows,TheIroquoisIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirvillages.Thewallhadonlyoneopening,Theycouldquicklyclosethisopeningiftheirenemiescamenear.
Interestingly,theChoctawIndiansinMississippialsolivedinawigwamofamostprimitive(原始的)construction,butdifferentfromthoseoftheIroquoisIndians.TheChoctawIndians’wigwams,madefrommud,caneandstraw,wereintheformofabee-hive.Thecoveringwasmadeofalong,toughgrass.Apostinthecentresupportedtheroof.Aholeinthetopadmittedthelight,andallowedthesmoketopassout.
Thetipitent-housingoftheupperlakeandplainsareawasputupwithpolessetlightlyintheground,tiedtogethernearthetop,andcoveredwithbarkandgrassinthelakecountry.Itwaseasilyportable,andtwowomencouldsetituportakeitdownwithinanhour.
ThePawnee,MandanandotherIndiantribes(部落)alongtheMissouribuiltsolidring-shapedstructuresoftrunk,coveredwithearthanddriedgrass,housingadozenfamilies.
TheWichitaandothertribesoftheTexasborderbuiltlargering-shapedhousescoveredwithdriedgrass.
Apartfromtheregularhousing,almosteverytribehadsomestyleofhousing.
52.WhichofthefollowingpicturesshowsthehousefortheIroquoisIndians?___
53.Accordingtothepassage,thePawneeIndiansbuilttheirhouses___.
A.withopeningsinthetrunkwalls B.largeenoughforseveralfamilies
C.inaringshapewithbarkandmud D.bybendingyoungtreestoformtheshape
54.AllthenativeIndianhousesdescribedinthepassagewere___.
A.ofthesameshape B.covered