Unit 2.6 Famous Buildings

In which ancient ruined city are you standing if you can see the Andes Mountains?

• Ur, Iraq

• Machu Picchu, Peru

• Petra, Jordan

From which building can you see the Eiffel Tower?

• The Colosseum, Rome

• The Kremlin, Moscow

• The Louvre Museum, Paris

For whom was the Taj Mahal Built?

• For Shah Jahan, in memory of his wife who died

• For Shah Jahan, to celebrate his wedding

• For Genghis Khan, as a palace

In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

• Italy

• Jordan

• Malaysia

In which city can you find the al-Masjid al-Haram, the biggest mosque in the world?

• Istanbul

• Mecca

• Cairo

For which event was the Beijing National Stadium built?

• 2010 World Cup

• 2009 Asian Games

• 2008 Olympic Games

From which building can you watch the sun set twice in less than a minulte?

• The Eiffel Tower, Paris

• The CN Tower, Canada

• The Burj Khalifa, Dubai

On which building does the sun cast a shadow like a snake at the spring equinox?

• the Pyramid of El Castilo, in Mexico

• the Great Pyramid at Giz, in Egypt

• the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia

On which building is there a roof designed to look like the sails on a ship?

• the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia

• the Parthenon in Athens, Greece

• the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain

To which city do you go if you want to see the Alhambra Palace?

• Ankara, in Turkey

• Granada, in the south of Spain

• Marrakech, in Morroco