Balbharati solutions for इंग्लिश कुमारभारती [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता १० महाराष्ट्र राज्य मंडळ chapter 4.3 - World Heritage [Latest edition]

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

Do you like to travel?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

Where have you travelled?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

Have you heard about the wonders of the world?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

Have you heard about UNESCO?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

What does UNESCO stand for?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

What is meant by Heritage?

Pair up with your partner and answer the following question.

Do you know of any Heritage building in your own city?

Your teacher will explain the ‘Heritage Cycle’.

• By understanding (cultural heritage) people value it.
• By valuing it people want to care for it.
• By caring for it, it will help people enjoy it.
• From enjoying it, comes a thirst to understand.
• By understanding it ..........

Do you know the difference between:

1. World Heritage
2. Cultural Heritage

Refer to a dictionary/encyclopedia/reference book/the internet to get the detailed meaning.

With the help of your partner complete the information in the table.

Heritage Sites - Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top.

• Great Barrier Reef
• Mount Fuji
• Grand Canyon
• The Pyramids
• Panda Sanctuaries
• Machu Picchu
• Vatican City
• Great Wall of China

What do heritage sites in the world include?

What kind of sites are protected and maintained by the International World Heritage Programme?

How many World Heritage Sites are there around the world?

What is the role of World Heritage Committees?

What is the tenure of World Heritage Committee?

What are our duties towards preservation/conservation of any historical site?

Why should we preserve the World Heritage Sites?

What is the role of World Heritage Sites in developing tourism in any country?

Complete the following.

Complete the following by giving reasons why World Heritage Sites are in danger.

Mount Huangshan is situated in ______.

The famous dam situated in Egypt on River Nile is ______.

The conference based on Human Environment was held at ______.

The highest number of World Heritage Sites are located in ______.

______ can delete/exclude a site from World Heritage list.

The tenure of World Heritage Committee is ______ years.

Match the pairs to define different roles of the World Heritage Sites.

Look at the word and its meanings. Choose the correct alternative.

determine:

Look at the word and its meanings. Choose the correct alternative.

monument:

Look at the word and its meanings. Choose the correct alternative.

significant:

Look at the word and its meanings. Choose the correct alternative.

disaster:

Find from the text minimun 8 words related to cultural heritage and make a word register. Arrange them in alphabetical order.

Complete the following information from the text.

Write a report on any tourist place/historical place/World Heritage Site you recently visited using the points given below.

1. Title
2. Place/Location
3. Background/History
4. Features/Specialities
5. Security policies
6. Signboards and discipline
7. Overall scenario.

Use ‘not only but also’ in the following sentence.

UNESCO and the International Council on monuments initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.

Use ‘not only but also’ in the following sentence.

The state parties are responsible for identifying and nominating new sites.

Use ‘not only but also’ in the following sentence.

Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria are cultural sites of World Heritage.

Use ‘not only but also’ in the following sentence.

World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’
(Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)

As soon as the Bill is passed, it will become an Act.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’
(Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)

As soon as the thief escaped, the family informed the police.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’
(Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)

As soon as you have finished, you can submit your answer-papers.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’
(Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)

As soon as they can manage, they should change their house.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’
(Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)

As soon as the bell rings, the School Assembly will start.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

They vary in type but they include forests, monuments etc.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

The mountain is significant because of its characteristics.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

To protect the temples and artefacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

If the site meets with this criteria, it can be inscribed on the World Heritage List.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

There are 890 World Heritage Sites that are located in 148 countries.

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

The project cost about US \$ 80 million and $ 40 million came from 50 different countries.

Following are the ways to preserve ‘World Heritage Sites.’ Transfer these points into a small paragraph. Suggest a title.

• Practical conservation of posterity
• Human/animal trespassing to be prohibited
• Monitored/controlled/restricted access
• Threat of local administrative negligence to be removed

Read the points given in column ‘A’ specifying Dos towards prevention of any historical site. Write Don’ts in column ‘B’ specifying things that should not be done.

Complete the following flow chart by choosing the option given below to show how any site of any country can become a World Heritage Site.

Options:

1. Inclusion of the name of site from tentative list to the nomination file.
2. Name of the site is inscribed on the World Heritage List after meeting the criteria.
3. Inclusion of the name of site for the nomination in a tentative list after an inventory in country or State.
4. Decision of the World Heritage Committee after review of the nominated file.
5. A review of the included file by the advisory bodies.

Make a list of sites from our State which are included in the World Heritage Sites. Try to visit one of them. Write the importance of this World Heritage Site. Also write your impression of it in your notebook.

Write a ‘tourism leaflet’ on the following:

Your home town

Make use of the following points:

1. How to reach there?
2. Accommodation facilities
3. What to see and visit?/Attractions of the place
4. Places of interest nearby
5. Best time to visit
6. Shopping Attractions
   Add your own points.

Write a ‘tourism leaflet’ on the following:

A historical place

Make use of the following points:

1. How to reach there?
2. Accommodation facilities
3. What to see and visit?/Attractions of the place
4. Places of interest nearby
5. Best time to visit
6. Shopping Attractions
   Add your own points.

Write a ‘tourism leaflet’ on the following:

A place of natural beauty

Make use of the following points:

1. How to reach there?
2. Accommodation facilities
3. What to see and visit?/Attractions of the place
4. Places of interest nearby
5. Best time to visit
6. Shopping Attractions
   Add your own points.

Write a ‘tourism leaflet’ on the following:

A place of pilgrimage

Make use of the following points:

1. How to reach there?
2. Accommodation facilities
3. What to see and visit?/Attractions of the place
4. Places of interest nearby
5. Best time to visit
6. Shopping Attractions
   Add your own points.

Vocabulary Extension - Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or the internet to build up more associations/collocations of each word.

World Heritage Sites - Make a poster about World Heritage Sites, specifying some details and specialities about each of them.

Letter - Write a letter to an expert on the environment. Ask him/her five questions about your concern/doubts about World Heritage Sites. Give him/her three ideas on how to protect them.

Article - Write an article for a magazine about the World Heritage Sites at risk. Include imaginary interviews with people who are trying to save them. Read your article in front of your class.