Igloos and

Stilt houses
 Igloos
• Igloos are made of
• The term “igloo” snow and act like a
comes from the large snow blanket.
language Inuit Inside temperatures
where “iglu” can reach 16 degrees.
means “house”.

• Some igloos
would even
• An igloo could be any
have windows
size, but normally, they
built from a
built them just big
block of ice or
enough for the family.
seal gut.
 Stilt Houses
• These • Stilt houses are also
• Stilt houses are houses can built on the water in
houses that are be built over poorer countries
built on tall legs land, but are where there is no
that are known as usually built room for houses on
stilts or piles. over water. land.

• The main reason

the houses are
built this way is
to protect them
from flooding.
• In some areas
Climate
where it rains a • Igloos are
lot, people live in usually built in
stilt houses with snowy and cold
sloping roofs. Arctic climates.
• Igloos are
Location
• Stilt houses are mostly common in Asia,
mostly found in such as Phillippines, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Antarctica, and Singapore and lots more countries.
northern Alaska.