Use the information in the text to answer the questions (1-6) below about 1) The Great Wall of China and 2) the first pyramid in Egypt.

	The Great Wall of China	The first pyramid in Egypt.
Where is it?
What is it?
When was it built?
What is it made of?
Who built it?
How big is it?

* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 21, pg.24, ex.3)

Answer the following questions about the text.

1.	What is the aim of a defensive wall?
2.	What does the word ‘population’ mean?
3.	Who built enormous structures in ancient times?
4.	What are the measurements of the Great Wall of China?
5.	What are the pyramids?
6.	What were the pyramids used for?
7.	What are the pyramids made of?
8.	How heavy are the stone blocks?
9.	How long did it take to build one pyramid?

Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-5) below are true (T) or false (F).

The Great Wall of China was to keep people safe.	T	F
Building the Great Wall was easy for the workers.	T	F
The Pyramids were built before the Great Wall of China.	T	F
Pyramids are lots of different shapes.	T	F
The Egyptian pyramids were built to protect people.	T	F

* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 21, pg.24, ex.4)

Match the highlighted words in the text with the definitions (1-5) below.

	A place where people are buried.
	The top or highest part of something.
	Protecting somebody against attack.
	People who do hard physical work outdoors.
	All the people who live in a country.

* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 21, pg.24, ex.5)

Give synonyms from the text to the following words.

1.	very-very old
2.	to keep safe
3.	to put together
4.	well-known
5.	very-very big

9. Match the following words and make up as many word phrases as you can:

stone monument building civilization equipment structure famous square history local old engineering well-known tradition pyramid circle metal bridge ancient young female wall tower triangle position modern

ancient
defensive
symbol
structure
base
apex of a
population

10. Match the following words:

wide the population base engineering the Pyramid sides structure(x2) of earth wall blocks safe together symbol

	ancient				square
	to protect				sloping
	to join				apex of
	defensive				stone
	over 5m				enormous
	famous				to keep
	stone				is made

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