Landmarks Matching Activity

Read the descriptions of the different landmarks, match each with the
photograph of the landmark it is describing and place it in the correct
continent pouch inside the front of your lapbook.

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Asia
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Australasia
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Africa
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Antarctica
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This mountain overlooks Table Bay in
These three waterfalls are in Ontario, next Cape Town. It is one of the Seven Wonders
to Canada’s border with the USA. This huge amphitheatre was built
of the Natural World. Its two-mile-wide
between AD 70 and AD 80. It was used
American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls are flat top and very steep cliff sides are what
for gladiator battles, animal hunts and
on the American side, with Horseshoe gave it its name. Table Mountain is made
public executions. Sometimes the floor
Falls on the Canadian side. Power plants from granite and sandstone and is one of
was flooded so that sea battles could be
on both sides of the falls use hydropower the oldest mountains on Earth. It formed
staged for entertainment. A large part
to generate electricity from the water and deep underneath the ocean over 800
of the Colosseum was destroyed in an
gravity. The falls are around 12,000 years million years ago. Table Mountain is the
earthquake in 1349.
old and reach speeds of about 68mph. only natural landmark on the planet to
have a constellation named after it.

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This 30-metre-tall statue stands on top of

These ruins of a 15th century Inca city
Corcovado Mountain, overlooking Rio de
Wat Arun is a sacred site in Bangkok, also in Machu Picchu, Peru, are a popular
Janeiro, Brazil. The statue shows Jesus
known as the Temple of Dawn. Its spire, tourist attraction and feature a 1km long
Christ with his arms spread across the
which stands at 70m tall, is decorated water system. It was built in the Andes
city. The statue’s arm span is 28m. The
with seashells and tiny pieces of coloured Mountains, over 2000m above sea level
statue was first built in pieces in France
glass and porcelain. The construction of for the king, Pachacuti. It was abandoned
by sculptor Paul Landowski and was
this Buddhist temple was completed in in 1572 as a result of a Spanish conquest.
completed in 1931, nine years later. It
1847. It stands at 82m tall. Since it was rediscovered in 1911, much
is built from reinforced concrete with an
of it has been rebuilt.
outer layer of tiny soapstone tiles.

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Scientists are unsure exactly what

The sphinx is made of limestone and This impressive structure can be found in caused these incredible hexagonal-shaped
is based on a mythical creature which Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. The structures and columns of basalt, but
has the body of a lion and the head of roof of the building is said to represent believe that a volcanic eruption millions
a pharaoh. It sits guarding the pyramids the sails on a boat. It was designed by of years ago was the most likely cause.
at Giza. It is the largest stone statue in Danish architect, Jorn Utzon and it took Irish legend tells the story that a giant,
the world and measures 73m long, 19m 14 years to build. During special events Finn McCool, built the Giant’s Causeway
wide and stands at 20m high. It was built and celebrations, Sydney Opera House is as a place to do battle with a rival Scottish
during the reign of Khafre and the face lit up with varying lighting designs and in giant. It attracts thousands of visitors
made in his likeness. different colours. each year to County Antrim, Northern
Ireland.

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The Statue The Great Wa
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Liberty means freedom. This statue was
The Great Wall of China, at over 13,000
built for the United States by France after The Parthenon, which stands on the
miles long, is the longest wall in the
the American Revolution. It took nine Acropolis in Athens, was built by the
world. It was built by eleven different
years to build and was finished in 1886. Ancient Greeks between 447 and 432
dynasties over several hundred years,
The statue represents Libertus, the Roman BC. It is made of marble and consists of
starting in about 220 BC. It was built
goddess of freedom and she holds a torch 46 outer columns and 19 inner columns.
to defend areas from invasion and had
and a tablet inscribed with the date 4th Each of the 13,400 marble blocks used in
watchtowers built on its highest points.
July 1776, the date of the American its construction would have been carved
Some of the earliest parts of the wall were
Declaration of Independence. The Statue by hand. It stands at 14m tall and was
constructed from reeds and gravel. Long
of Liberty is made of sheets of copper, built as a dedication to Athena, goddess
distance runners take part in the yearly
which have weathered and turned green. of wisdom and war.
Great Wall Marathon.
It stands 93 metres tall.

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