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Quiz 78

This quiz complements DIG's January 2007 issue entitled: "Let's Eat."

Pick one answer from the menu under each question.


1. Tiered towers of east Asia are known in English as:
a. junks
b. pagodas
c. szechuans
d. tiangs


2. Native Americans of the northeastern United States constructed domed huts made of wood, reed, and bark. This type of hut is called:
a. wetu
b. igloo
c. teepee
d. bayt


3. Stilt houses along the Orinoco River inspired Italian explorer Vespucci to name the region after this canal city:
a. Copenhagen
b. Amsterdam
c. Erie
d. Venice


4. The Pueblo structures of the southwestern United States were constructed primarily of this material:
a. adobe
b. sandstone
c. concrete
d. wood
ANSWERS

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