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Masjid Sultan Suriansyah

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar's past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was constructed in the era of ....

• Banjar people

• Dutch colonial

• Kalimantan King

• Sultan Suriansyah

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar's past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

What is mainly discussed in the text?

• A king reign

• A palace complex

• An Islamic location

• A historical mosque

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar's past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

From the text we know that ....

• Some construction of the mosque takes the local style

• Banjar people burned down the mosque

• There is nothing special from this mosque

• The Dutch colonial built the mosque

Which of the following does descriptive text do?

• Compares two things

• States a problem and how it is solved

• Tells an order of events

• describes a topic or something

Tanjung Puting National Park

Tanjung Puting National Park is an internationally famous ecotourism destination, which is located in the southwest of Central Kalimantan peninsula. Visitors from foreign countries come to this park because of its amazing nature. This is called a park, but unlike any park that you have seen in your city, this is a jungle! It is a real jungle, which is home to the most interesting animals in the world: orang utans. (orientation/identification)

Where is Tanjung Putting National Park located?

• Southwest Kalimantan

• Central Kalimantan

• Kalimantan Peninsula

• foreign country

Tanjung Puting National Park

Tanjung Puting National Park is an internationally famous ecotourism destination, which is located in the southwest of Central Kalimantan peninsula. Visitors from foreign countries come to this park because of its amazing nature. This is called a park, but unlike any park that you have seen in your city, this is a jungle! It is a real jungle, which is home to the most interesting animals in the world: orang utans. (orientation/identification)

What does the author mean by saying that Tanjung Putting National Park is a real jungle?

• Because many visitors come to this place because of its amazing nature.

• Because in Tanjung Putting National Park people can only find orang utans

• Because It is located in Kalimantan Peninsula

• Because we can find many varieties of interesting animals.\

Though the park is home to many animals, seeing orang utans is usually the visitors’ main reason to visit the park. Orangutans, which literally mean the man of the forest, are the largest arboreal animal on the planet. Most of their lives are spent in trees where orangutans travel from branch to branch by climbing or swinging with their long arms.

What does "arboreal animal" mean?

• the animal that has long arms

• the animal that travel from branch to branch

• the animal that spends its life mostly in trees

• the animal that can swing or climb on trees.

To see orangutans, we should go to Camp Leakey, which is located in the heart of Tanjung Puting National Park. Camp Leakey is a rehabilitation place for ex-captive orang utans and also a preservation site. It is also a famous center for research about orangutans which has been conducted by the famous primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas since 1971. Here visitors can see daily feedings to orangutans at jungle platforms as part of the rehabilitation process to their natural habitat. This event gives them opportunity to see orangutans up close.

Why do the orang utans need to be rehabilitated?

• because they need to be preserved.

• because they are the subject of research

• because they are not used to living in the jungle

• because they need to be seen by the visitors

To see orangutans, we should go to Camp Leakey, which is located in the heart of Tanjung Puting National Park. Camp Leakey is a rehabilitation place for ex-captive orang utans and also a preservation site. It is also a famous center for research about orangutans which has been conducted by the famous primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas since 1971. Here visitors can see daily feedings to orangutans at jungle platforms as part of the rehabilitation process to their natural habitat. This event gives them opportunity to see orangutans up close.

Who found the Camp Leakey?

• Dr Birute Galdikas

• Primatologists

• ex captive orang utans

• foreign visitors

To reach the place, we should take a boat down Sekoyer river. The boat is popularly called perahu klotok which is a boathouse that can accommodate four takes three days and two nights. You sleep, cook, and eat in that klotok, night and day during your journey into the jungle.

What is the name of the river that flows along Camp Leakey?

• Klotok

• boathouse

• Sekoyor

• Sekoyer