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)