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Algerian World Heritage Sites Guide

This document provides a pre-reading activity and questions about the passage on ancient civilizations in Algeria. It begins with a matching activity to connect pictures with World Heritage sites in Algeria. It then asks what the title "Algeria at the Crossroads of Civilizations" means. The reading questions that follow are true/false and short answer questions about details and themes within the text, including Algeria's access to the sea and Sahara, its rich heritage sites, the prehistoric nature of sites like Tassili n'Ajjer, and the influences of Phoenicians, Romans, and Ottomans on cities like Algiers.

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Algerian World Heritage Sites Guide

This document provides a pre-reading activity and questions about the passage on ancient civilizations in Algeria. It begins with a matching activity to connect pictures with World Heritage sites in Algeria. It then asks what the title "Algeria at the Crossroads of Civilizations" means. The reading questions that follow are true/false and short answer questions about details and themes within the text, including Algeria's access to the sea and Sahara, its rich heritage sites, the prehistoric nature of sites like Tassili n'Ajjer, and the influences of Phoenicians, Romans, and Ottomans on cities like Algiers.

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Unit: Ancient Civilisations. Sequence: Read and Consider.

Pre-reading:
A/Match each picture with the Algerian World Heritage Site it represents.

A- The Casbah of Algiers. B- Banu Hammads’ Qalaa (M’sila). C- Timgad (Batna).


D- Tassili n’Ajjer (Tamanrasset). E- The Mzab Valley (Ghardaia). F- Djemila (Setif). G- Tipaza.

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B- What does the title ‘Algeria at the Crossroads of Civilizations’ mean?


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While Reading:
1- What type is the text?
a- Descriptive b- narrative c-argumentative
2- Read the text below and say whether these statements are true or false:
A- Algeria has little access to the Mediterranean Sea and to the Sahara. …………….
B- Algeria is a rich country in terms of heritage sites. ……………
C- The Tassili n’Ajjer is a prehistoric site. ……………
D- The Tassili n’Ajjer contains many traces of the Phoenician and the Roman civilizations. …………..
E- The Casbah of Algiers is a prehistoric site. …………….
F- Algiers was first established by the Phoenicians. ……………
G- So much merchandise was transited through Algiers during the Phoenician and the Roman periods. ………..

3- Read the text and answer the following questions :


A- What is the historical effect of the Algerian access to the Mediterranean and the Sahara?
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B- What does the author mean by saying ‘The Algerian Sahara was one of the cradles of civilization?
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C- Why did Algiers have less influence on international commerce as compared with other maritime cities?

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D- Did the Ottomans leave their traces on the city of Algiers? Justify.

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