Our towns assessmment

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Assessment activity 1

Now, you are going to be a Tarragona’s guide.

Revise and memorize the itinerary you prepared in Cross-curricular activity I. If

you are lucky enough to be in Tarragona, go to the departure point with your

teacher. If you are not in Tarragona, your teacher will open Google Maps (with

street vision if available) and you will move in Tarragona Old Town Streets with

this tool. Give him/her the instructions in English so you can move and visit all

the places you have prepared. Every time you reach a signalled point, look at

the building and read him/her the History explanation.

Assessment activity 2

Watch this video of a guided visit to Bran castle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKVO9eKpkuQ (from 00.35)) and answer the questions.

Where does the guided visit start?

What were the first uses of Bran Caste when it was built?

Was the main entrance the entrance to the castle when it was built?

How is called the room with the arches in Gothic style?

Who was the castle donated to?

How do they go up to the third floor?

How was the entrance to the passage masked before the restoration works?

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Assessment activity 3

Fill in the gaps in the text with the words from the box:

area - biggest - boats - bridge - century - flow - grow - harbour - high highway - larger - largest - location - meters - million - mosque - most

oldest - over - restaurants - ships - side - square - station - the - western

Istanbul is a fascinating city built on two Continents and divided by the

Bosphorus Strait. This is one of _______________________ greatest cities in

the world where you can see a modern _______________________ city

combined with a traditional eastern city.

From the foundation of Byzantium in the 7th century BC until today, Istanbul

held always an important role in the history of humanity in this part of the world.

Everybody wanted to gain control of this area because of its strategic

_______________________. Since the Republic in 1923, Istanbul continued to

_______________________ and today it boosted its population over 14

_______________________ people living in this city. This makes Istanbul the

_______________________ city of Turkey.

The Golden Horn is a horn-shaped fiord on the European

_______________________ of Istanbul. It is a natural

_______________________ where Byzantine and Ottoman fleet and

commercial _______________________ were anchored. Today, it's

surrounded by parks and promenades with ancient sites around it.

In the beginning of 16th _______________________ Leonardo da Vinci

projected a _______________________ to be built over the Golden Horn for

the sultan. It was intended to be a single span of 240

_______________________ and 24 meters _______________________ from

the water, but it was never built. There was no bridge over the Golden Horn

before the 19th century. Small _______________________ provided

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present day Karaköy to Eminönü, was built in 1836.The Unkapani (also named

as Atatürk) Bridge further up the Golden Horn handles the

_______________________ of traffic between Beyoglu and Saraçhane. The

third one over the Golden Horn is called the Haliç Bridge with the

_______________________ passing through.

The Grand Bazaar is one of the _______________________ and largest

covered markets in the world. It was built of wood after the Conquest of Istanbul

around an old Byzantine building and got _______________________

throughout the centuries. Today the bazaar covers an

_______________________ of approximately 31 thousand

_______________________meters with its over 3000 shops, 61 streets, over

20 thousand employees, 4 fountains, several cafes and

_______________________, change offices, a police

_______________________ and 22 gates

There are _______________________ 3,000 mosques in Istanbul of all

sizes. The _______________________ is the House of prayer in Islam, one of

the most important elements of the religion. The _______________________

one in the city is Süleymaniye Mosque from 16th century, and the

_______________________ important one is Sultan Ahmet Mosque (known as

Blue Mosque) from 17th century.

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Assessment activity 4

Look at these photos from Arezzo and Tarragona and write a description of these photos

comparing both images. You can frame your description with all the background information

you have learned in this unit.

Arezzo - Photo by Yolanda Cabré

Tarragona - Photo by

Monica Sorina

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