U10 Where on earth

U10 Where on earth

by Cherane Christopher

Can you identify these famous places?​

Name what and where these famous places are​

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Did you get them right?​

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​Petra, Jordan (Monastery)

​Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. An ingenious water management system allowed extensive settlement of an essentially arid area during the Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine periods. It is one of the world's richest and largest archaeological sites set in a dominating red sandstone landscape. 

​Taj Mahal, India (Mausoleum)

​The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān (reigned 1628–58) to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahal (“Chosen One of the Palace”), who died in childbirth in 1631, having been the emperor’s inseparable companion since their marriage in 1612.

​Stonehenge, England (prehistoric monument)

​Stonehenge is perhaps the world’s most famous prehistoric monument. It was built in several stages: the first monument was an early henge monument, built about 5,000 years ago, and the unique stone circle was erected in the late Neolithic period about 2500 BC. In the early Bronze Age many burial mounds were built nearby.

​Machu Pichu, Peru (City of the Incas 500 years ago)

​Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.

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What are the similarities and differences between the places listed?

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Write down three famous places from your country. They may be buildings, sites or natural features. You have one minute!

Watch this short video about Stonehenge and the surrounding country side.

​Then answer the following question

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