ответить на вопросы текста The House QUESTIONS TO THE TEXT: 1. What did the kind of house depend upon? 2. What were the most convenient materials of ancient houses? 3. Where was the earthen house discovered? 4. How did the ancient Egyptians build their houses? 5. Why did the Greeks build a slanting roof? 6. Who added the arch? 7. How long did the Renaissance last? 8. What are the buildings of the 19th century characterized by? 9. Is the architecture of the 20th century characterized by skyscrapers? 10. What makes the building process less expensive?

1. What did the kind of house depend upon?

> Answer: It depended on the quality of the builders' work when they laid the foundation of the house.

2. What were the most convenient materials of ancient houses?

> Answer: Oak boards, panel glass for windows.

3. Where was the earthen house discovered?

> Answer: My earthen house is found in the backyard of my house, buried in the ground.

4. How did the ancient Egyptians build their houses?

> Answer: The Egyptians built their houses using clay craft, so I can say that they built their houses by cunning, otherwise they would not have built such pyramids.

5. Why did the Greeks build a slanting roof?

> Answer: To allow water to flow down from the roof to avoid roof leakage problems.

6. Who added the arch?

> Answer: It is believed that arches were invented in ancient Rome. Perhaps they were known before, in Ancient Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia, but it was the Romans who proved to be the best distributors.

7. How long did the Renaissance last?

> Answer: About a century

8. What are the buildings of the 19th century characterized by?

> Answer: These buildings do not have any advanced technology. I can notice that in Russia such houses (at the palace) were very structurally beautiful, and made very beautifully.

9. Is the architecture of the 20th century characterized by skyscrapers?

> Answer: I think so, because it was at this time that the active development of technologies and attempts to build high buildings began, and to realize rather impossible projects, designed only for interest.

10. What makes the building process less expensive?

> Answer: Using cheaper materials. For example, instead of steel use metal. A slightly similar technology was used in Russia in the 1980s, when there was a shortage of money, the government came up with the so-called "Panels", panel buildings.