⏳ 8 Conserving the Past

Conserving the past means conserving our heritage.  Which of the following is not included?

• Protecting and maintaining events.

• Safe-guarding traditions.

• Taking care of and maintaining places.

• Protect and sustain rights to own a home.

• Honouring and appreciating people.

Drag and drop the correct term to complete the following sentence about our heritage:

Our ​ (a)   gives us an ​ (b)   - a sense of who we are within a ​ (c)   , a community, a ​ society , a ​ (d)   and the ​ (e)   as a whole.

• identity
• family
• nation
• world
• heritage
• life
• tribe
• expression

What can losing heritage mean? Choose the best answer.

• Losing an understanding of culture.

• Losing language and traditions.

• Losing people and places.

• Losing funding from the government.

• Losing access to natural resources.

Select the best term to fill the blank and complete the statement:

Our heritage ​ (a)    where we have come ​ (b)   and what we want to ​ (c)    on to ​ (d)   ​ (e)   .

• represents
• from
• pass
• future
• generations
• to
• leave
• children

Over time, which of the following has threatened the remains of our ancient past?

• Natural disasters.

• Neglect & Poor maintenance.

• Greed.

• Environmentalists.

• Civil unrest and war.

TRUE or FALSE

The pyramids at Giza are the only remaining of the original seven wonders of the ancient world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE

It took forty years to complete the Abu Simbel temple relocation project.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An example of when through government actions and policies people are forcibly separated from their heritage would be:

• Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler moving people from one part of a city to another.

• Indigenous Australians taken from their parents and families.

• Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered villagers to cover their heads when they visit.

• Iraq’s National Museum demanding visitors remove their shoes upon entering.

Societies have a variety of ways and methods to conserve their heritage.

Which of the following are valuable and valid methods that could be used?

• Identifying their important heritage sites, features and objects.

• Creating laws on heritage protection and then enforcing them.

• Financing archaeological excavation.

• Funding and promoting films that include scenes of archaeological excavation and museum displays.

• Promoting museum displays and supporting historic sites.

Societies have a variety of ways and methods to conserve their heritage.  

Which of the following are not valuable and valid methods that could be used?

• Encouraging extensive media coverage to publicise heritage events and the importance of heritage.

• Create websites that publicise the importance of purchasing and displaying antique furniture and items in homes.

• Encourage the development and use of scientific techniques and methods that aid conservation.

• Encourage social gatherings where historical remains are displayed.

• Become members of organisations dedicated to selling heritage items to foreign collectors.