Pioneers farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials:

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Harper Braun

24 August, 22:52

Pioneers farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials:

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Tobias Valenzuela · Answer 1

The building materials are influenced by local resources.

Explanation:

The farmers built structure based on the material obtainable in their area. Farmers having forest in their region built with wood obtained in that region, whereas those in the grassland used sod to build houses.