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UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Prehistoric)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

It is found in Malaga, Spain which is a combination of dolmen and long barrow structure. It is one of the largest known prehistoric burial mound in Europe dating from the 3750-3650 BCE. It was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

a)

Dolmen of

Menga

b)

Kilclooney

Dolmen

c)

Great Dolmen of

Comenda da Igreja

d)

Great Dolmen of

Zambujeiro

2.

The image shown is an example of a prehistoric tumulus. It is one of the mounds located in a pre-Columbian native American city called Cahokia in now Illinois, USA (about 1050-1350 AD). The Cahokia mounds are considered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is called the?

a)

Belas

Knap Long Barrow

b)

Etowah Indian mounds

c)

Monks Mound

d)

Clava

cairn

3.

It is a large prehistoric passage tomb built 3,200 BC located in County Meath, Ireland. It is part of what is known as Boyne valley tombs that consists

large Neolithic passage graves. The structure shows an early example of corbeled vaulting. The site was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.

a)

Knowth

b)

Newgrange

c)

Daisenryo

Kofun

d)

Tumulus of

Alyattes

4.

It is a Neolithic henge and stone circle (cromlech) located in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of a series of Neolithic monuments in Orkney which was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.

a)

Carnac Stones

b)

Long

Meg and Her Daughters

c)

Ring of Brodgar

d)

Stonehenge

5.

It is the remains of a megalithic temple complex built 3,600 to 3,200 BC in the island of Malta. The megalithic temples of Malta were designated as UNESCO World Heritage in 1980.

a)

Ggantija

Temple Complex

b)

Perperikon

c)

Maiden Castle

d)

Main Temple of the Hagar Qim

6.

It is the remains of a Neolithic megalithic temple in the island of Gozo in Malta. built between 3,600 to 2,500 BC. The stone temple is part of the Megalithic Temples of Malta which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

a)

Main Temple of the Hagar Qim

b)

Ggantija

Temple Complex

c)

Perperikon

d)

Göbekli Tepe

7.

It is a famous Roman structure in Lugo, Spain. The walls were constructed in 3rd century AD and are still largely intact. The fortifications were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

a)

Nymphaeum of Jerash

b)

Servian Wall

c)

Aurelian walls

d)

Roman City Walls of Lugo

8.

It is an unfinished Roman theater in the ancient Palmyra in Syria. The 2nd century CE theatre was built in the center of a semicircular colonnaded piazza which opens up to the South Gate of Palmyra. The site is a UNESCO World Heritage since

1980.

a)

Roman Theater of Palmyra

b)

Theater of Sabratha

c)

Theater of

Caesaria

Maritima

d)

Roman Theater of

Dougga

9.

It is a Roman circus built in 2nd century AD in Tyre, Lebanon. It is one of the best-preserved Roman circus which made it a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The image shows some of the ruins of the cavea of the?

a)

Circus of

Augusta Emerita

b)

Hippodrome of Constantinople

c)

Tyre

Hippodrome

d)

Circus Maximus

10.

It is an aqueduct bridge built in 1st century AD in Nimes, France. It is the highest of all Roman aqueduct bridges and among the best-preserved. It is even added as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

a)

Pont du Gard

b)

Aqueduct of Valens

c)

Ferreres

Aqueduct

d)

Acueducto

de los Milagros

11.

It is a Roman aqueduct bridge, part of the aqueduct supplying water to the ancient Roman city of Tarraco in Catalonia, Spain. The structure is a famous landmark in Spain and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage in

2000.

a)

Aqueduct of Valens

b)

Ferreres

Aqueduct

c)

Pont du Gard

d)

Acueducto

de los Milagros

12.

it is a ruined Roman aqueduct bridge that was used to supply water to the ancient Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, now Merida, Spain. Due to its impressive ruins, the structure was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

a)

Pont du Gard

b)

Aqueduct of Valens

c)

Ferreres

Aqueduct

d)

Acueducto

de los Milagros

13.

It is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps. It was built in grey sandstone in 170 AD and turned dark during the Middle Ages which gained its name. It is also designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

a)

Porta Nigra

b)

Rotunda of Galerius

c)

Golden House of Nero

d)

Library of

Celsus

in ancient Ephesus, located

14.

It is a Roman lighthouse in Galicia, Spain. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse and the only fully preserved Roman lighthouse still used today. Built around 1st century AD and modeled after the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the structure was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

a)

Leptis Magna Lighthouse

b)

Patara Lighthouse

c)

Tower of Hercules

d)

Hidirlik Tower

15.

It is an ancient Roman palace built between 295 and 305 CE at Split, Croatia by the emperor Diocletian as his place of retirement. It is the largest and best-preserved example of Roman palatial architecture, representing a transitional style half Greek and half Byzantine. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1979.

a)

Rotunda of Galerius

b)

Palace of Diocletian

c)

Golden House of Nero

d)

Curia Julia