INCAS/Peru

Peru /INCAS, posted with vodpod

The Video is about Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas which is no more lost. The magnetism of the city is still very present even within the clouds and rain. Tourists from all over  the world go to this place 8000 feet up in the Andes. The indigenous think that the city should be accessible to everybody and that they can handle a few more tourists.

SUMMARY ABOUT THE INCAS

1st part:Please put the verbs from simple past into present tense.

2nd part: Substitute words in bold letters.

Yesterday we  1. went to see a highly interesting exhibition about the Incas in Brescia and it 2.was explained to us that:

a)HISTORY

Their empire 3.was based on other cultures such as the Moches, Nazcas or Cupisnique.

The Incas, a South American peoples 4.built one of the largest and wealthiest empires in the western hemisphere. It 5.extended more than 4000km2 and 6.included6.served as the capital and 7.was in southern Peru. Machu Picchu, a stronghold, is a city in the Andes in Peru and was rediscovered in 1911. regions of present-day Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. The city Cusco was the capital city of the Incas.

Slavery

more about “Veiled Commoditiy/slavery“, posted with vodpod

In reference to the first part (2 minutes 30 seconds) of the above video about slavery and whether it has really been abolished you can do the following gap   exercise: SLAVERY

The second part, which lasts about two minutes, is easier and comprehensible also for students of a lower level, maybe A2.