World Heritage Sites

Unit 17

World Heritage Sites

Apostila - p . 4

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1. The statue of Liberty was given to the USA as a gift. Who do you think gave it to them?

French!

• The French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American democracy, and the liberation of the nation’s slaves.

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2. Do you know what these statues represent?

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3. Which of these iconic landmarks would you rather visit? Why?

CONNECTIONS (p. 05)

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​1. Look at the picture of different World Heritage Sites. Based on them, what do you think a World Heritages Sites is?

GREAT BARRIER REEF

MACHU PICCHU

THE GREAT WALL

STONEHENGE

ACROPOLIS

TAJ MAHAL

LAKE BAIKAL

HA LONG BAY

Multiple Choice

1. Look at the picture of different World Heritage Sites. Based on them, what do you think a World Heritages Sites is? Check the best definition.

• a) A World Heritage Site is an area of place of cultural or natural significance that can only be visited by 3.000 people a year.

• b) A World Heritage Site is an area or place of cultural or natural significance that is deemed to have outstanding universal value and is therefore worthy of protection.

• c) A World Heritage Site is an area or place of cultural or natural significance that is deemed to have local value and is therefore not worthy of protection.

QUESTION 1

• b) A World Heritage Site is an area or place of cultural or natural significance that is deemed to have outstanding universal value and is therefore worthy of protection.

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2. Look at the countries in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in Russia.

• Lake Baikal

• Ha Long Bay

• Taj Mahal

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

____________ is in India.

• Machu Picchu

• Taj Mahal

• Acropolis

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in England.

• Great Barrier Reef

• The Great Wall

• Stonehenge

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in Australia.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Acropolis

• Ha Long Bay

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in Vietnam.

• Ha Long Bay

• The Great Wall

• Acropolis

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in Peru.

• The Great Wall

• Acropolis

• Machu Picchu

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in China.

• The Great Wall

• Acropolis

Multiple Choice

2. Look at the pictures in the box below and match them with the places from activity 1.

___________ is in Greece.

• Lake Baikal

• Acropolis

QUESTION 2

• Russia - Lake Baikal

• India - Taj Mahal

• England - Stonehenge

• Australia - Great Barrier Reef

• Vietnam - Ha Long Bay

• Peru - Machu Picchu

• China - The Great Wall

• Greece - Acropolis

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3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

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Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

1. Great Barrier Reef

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

2. Machu Picchu

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

3. The Great Wall

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

4. Stonehenge.

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

5. Acropolis

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

6. Taj Mahal

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

7. Lake Baikal

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

Multiple Choice

3. Try and classify the World Heritage Sites listed previously according to the following criteria.

8. Ha Long Bay

• Natural significance

• Cultural significance

QUESTION 3

NATURAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Great Barrier Reef

• Lake Baikal

• Ha Long Bay

QUESTION 3

CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Machu Picchu

• The Great Wall

• Stonehenge

• Acropolis

• Taj Mahal