Exercise 4: fill the gaps with prepositions.

1. The development of American architecture covers a period . . . five centuries.

2. The first settlements were established . . .Florida, . . .the Atlantic Coast, . . . New Mexico.

3. . . . the five centuries . . . European arrival, transplanted European building traditions were gradually reshaped and redefined.

4. Distinctly American building traditions emerged . . . the early 19th century.

5. Building parts could be ordered . . . catalogs and shipped . . . rail.

6. A major fire . . . 1871 destroyed downtown Chicago and offered building opportunities . . . American architects.

7. High-rise buildings were devised . . . the United States.

8. This new building type influenced architecture . . . the world.

9. A detached suburban house influenced architecture . . . the United States.

10. European architects brought modernism . . . the United States.

11. American architects work . . . the globe.