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2.6 World Heritage 

Questions and Answers

Margin Questions

1. What significant aspects should a world heritage site have?

Ans: A world heritage site should have a site determined by UNESCO to have significant cultural or natural importance to humanity.

2. What do world heritage sites include?

Ans: World heritage sites include forests, lakes, buildings, monuments and cities

3. Why did UNESCOlaunch an international campaign in 1959?

Ans: UNESCO launch an international campaign in 1959 to protect the temples and artifacts.

4. Why did a White House Conference in the United States call for a ‘World Heritage Trust’?

Ans: The White House Conference in the U.S. called for a ‘World Heritage Trust’ to protect not only historic cultural sites but also the world’s significant natural and scenic sites.

5. What does the World Heritage Committee consist of?

Ans: The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 state Parties.

6. What is the World Heritage Committee responsible for?

Ans: It is responsible for identifying and nominating new sites within its territory to be considered for inclusion on the World Heritage list.

7. When was the convention concerning the protection of World Cultural and natural Heritage adopted and by whom?

Ans: The convention concerning the protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference on Nov. 16^th, 1972.

8. Who makes recommendations to the World Heritage Committee?

Ans: Two Advisory bodies consisting of the International Council on Monuments and sites and the World Conservation Union make recommendations to the World Heritage Committee.

9. What is the Peru’s Machu Picchu example of?

Ans: Peru’s Machu Picchu is an example of a mixed heritage sites.

10. Write the importance of the years given below, with refer to World Heritage Sites.

Year	Importance
1959	UNESCO launched an international campaign to protect the temples and artifacts in Egypt.
1965	A White Conference in the United States called for a ‘World Heritage Trust’ to protect historic culture sites, significant natural scenic sites.
1968	The International Union for conservation of Nature developed similar goal as above.
1972	The International Union for Conservation of presented the goal at United Nations conference of human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden.
2009	There are 890 World Heritage Sites that are located in 148 countries (map)

2. Name the following.
a) The country where Mount Huangshan is situated-
Ans: China.

b) The famous dam in Egypt River Nile-
Ans: Aswan High Dam.

c) The place where the conference based on Human Environment was held-:
Ans: in Stockholm, Sweden.

d) The country in which the highest number of World Heritage Sites are-

Ans: Italy                              

e) The body which can exclude a site from World Heritage list-

Ans: World Heritage Committee
 
a) The World Heritage Sites includes forest, lakes, monuments, buildings and cities.

b) There were around 890 World Heritage Sites in the world.

c) The role of World Heritage Committee is to include or exclude a site in / from World Heritage list to allocate resources from the World Heritage Fund to the Sites in danger, to put plans to protect and / or restore the sites. Or
The role of World Heritage Committee is the main group responsible for establishing which sites will be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

d) The tenure of World Heritage Committee is six years.

e) We can get more information about World Heritage Sites from its website at whc.unesco.org

4. Complete the following web by giving reason why World Heritage Sites are in danger.
World Heritage Sites are in danger:
1) Poaching
2) Earthquakes
3) Air pollution
4) Uncontrolled urbanization
5) Acid rain
6) war
7) Heavy tourist traffic
8) Natural disasters

5. Answer in your own words:
a) What are the duties towards preservation of any historical site?
-We must do following things / duties towards preservation of any historical site
- We must obey rules and regulations as a visitor which are displayed at the Entrance.
- We should maintain disciplines and order in the surrounding of historical site.
- We ought to maintain cleanliness there.
- We should use dustbins and garbage bags in order to collect garbage and keep the area clean.
- We should keep silence while visiting such places.
- We must maintain environmental safety in and around the historical place.
- We have to protect our country’s history / heritage.

b) Why should we preserve the World Heritage Sites?
Ans: World Heritage Sites are places that are significant culturally and naturally, they vary in type and include forests, lakes, monuments, buildings and sites. So we must preserve them. We should also preserve them for following reason. Heritage gives us a sense of identity. These sites contribute to our cultural and economic well-being. It is the only way to save them because once a piece of history is lost / destroyed, it is lost forever.

c) What is the role of World Heritage Site in promoting tourism in any country?
Ans: The World Heritage Committee assigns from World Heritage Fund to protect the sites in danger. In addition, different plans are executed by the committee to protect and / or restore the site. It helps the tourists in providing places for exploration / sightseeing and ultimately promotes the tourism in that country.

6. Read the following duties towards preservation of any historical site and make sentences about of our duties.

Our duties towards preservation of any historical
1. We must obey rules and regulations as a visitor which are displayed at the Entrance.
2. We should maintain discipline and order in the surrounding of historical site
3. We ought to maintain cleanliness there.
4. We should use dustbins and garbage bags in order to collect garbage and keep the area clean.
5. We should keep silence while visiting such places.
6. We must maintain environmental safety in and around the historical place. We have to protect our country’s history / heritage.