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Now each group representative from the previously formed groups, should narrate the information to the class, using proper attractive sentences.
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Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It is known for its rich flora and fauna and its abundant natural wealth. Though most of the population resides in the rural areas, there are many vibrant cities like Cairo, Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam in the continent.
It has plenty sight-seeing places of tourist interest like Kruger National Park, Victoria Falls, Pyramids of Giza, Marrakech, Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, etc.
The cuisine of this continent is unique. Some of the famous dishes include Biltong, Fufu, Mandazi, Jollofrice, Biryani, and Piri Piri sauce. It is home to a wide variety of wild life including the African elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wildebeest, oryx, zebras, giraffe, antelope, and so on.
The continent can be divided according to the different types of regions of vegetation like tropical rainforests, savannah grasslands, Sahara, Namib, and Kalahari deserts.
With a population of about 1 billion, the African continent consists of people belonging to various tribes and cultures. Christianity, Islam, and other native religions are followed by the people. Africa is known for its rich tribal culture and its scenic beauty.
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- 35
- 55
- 25
- 50
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- 1950
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
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A World Heritage Site is a site determined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have significant cultural or natural importance to humanity. As such, the sites are protected and maintained by the International World Heritage Programme which is administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, because World Heritage Sites are places that are significant culturally and naturally, they vary in type but include forests, lakes, monuments, buildings and cities. World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas. For example, Mount Huangshan in China is a site with significance to human culture because it played a role in historical Chinese art and literature. The mountain is also significant because of its physical landscape characteristics. HISTORY OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES Although the idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early twentieth century, momentum for its actual creation was not started until the 1950s. In 1954, Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River. The initial plan for the dam's construction would have flooded the valley containing the Abu Simbel Temples and scores of ancient Egyptian artefacts. To protect the temples and artefacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959 that called for the dismantling and movement of the temples to higher ground. The project cost an estimated US $80 million, $40 million of which came from 50 different countries. |
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