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GRADE 5 Start Up G.K

Answer the following questions. The original list of the seven
27 New Seven Wonders of the World 1. Which civilization built the Chichen Itza in wonders is the Seven wonders

Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico? of the Ancient World. Let us
The New Seven Wonders of the World have been elected by more than have a look at them.

100 million votes to represent the best masterpieces throughout history.
2. Which new Seven Wonder stands 100 feet high
The statue stands It is the world’s largest Built in the 15 on the Corcovado mountain, overlooking Brazil?
th
100 feet high on the structure built for century, this ancient
Corcovado mountain military and defence Incan city is located Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
overlooking Rio de purposes. It measures between two peaks 3. Which new Seven Wonder was originally called
Janeiro in Brazil. about 20,000 kms in Machu Picchu (old the Flavian amphitheatre?
length. peak) and Huayna
Picchu (new peak).
4. Which new Seven Wonder is also called the

Built in Rome ‘Lost City of the Incas?’ Hanging Gardens of Babylon
sometime around
AD 70, it was the
first free standing 5. Which new Seven Wonder site is also called the
Christ the Redeemer: Great Wall of amphitheatre. It ‘Rose City’ due to the colour of the stone out of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil China: China could seat around which it is carved? Temple of Artemis, Turkey

50,000 people.
Machu Picchu: Peru
Barbaric games 6. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri was the chief architect of
were held here.
which Seven Wonder of the world?

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

7. At which Seven Wonder did cruel games take
place in the past, all for the joy of spectators?
Petra: Jordon Chichen Itza:
Mexico Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
8. Jiankou and Badaling are two important sections
Taj Mahal: Agra
Roman Colosseum:
of which of the new Seven Wonders?
Rome, Italy
In Greek, ‘Petra’ means
rock.It is also known These are the ruins of
as the ‘City in Rock’. the Mayan civilization. This 42 acre marble Info-bites Colossus of Rhodes, Greece
Located in Jordan, this This step pyramid stands mausoleum complex
site has beautiful tombs around 80 feet high. located in Agra, India Do you know that the Taj Mahal is standing on a big
carved in sandstone. This Mayan city served was built by Shah wooden base built over deep wells! The foundation
as a religious, political Jahan, the fifth Mughal is made of ebony wood which needs constant flow
of water to remain firm and durable, which is
and economic centre ruler in memory of his provided by the Yamuna river flowing besides it.
hundreds of years ago. wife Mumtaz Mahal. Lighthouse of Alexandria

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