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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND "SABER Y GANAR"

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These days in "Saber y Ganar" they are commemorating their 30 anniversary. And in the duel they are also celebrating the 100 anniversary of the Russian Revolution, so let's do the same!  1) Bloody Sunday or Red Sunday is the name given to the events of Sunday 22nd 1905, in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.  They were led by Georgy Gapon. What was Georgy Gapon's profession? a) He was a general. b) He was a lawyer. c) He was an orthodox priest. d) He was a landowner. 2) The Russian battleship Potemkin was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. It became famous when the crew rebelled against the officers in June 1905 (during that year's revolution), which is now viewed as a first step towards the Russian Revolution of 1917. The mutiny

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND MORE

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Look at this picture: a) Who was this woman? How is she linked to the Russian Revolution? Look at these pictures:  b) Do you recognise any person?  c) Why are these pictures "strange"? What happened with them?

ANCIENT ROME

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 Answer these questions about different issues in Ancient Rome: a) What was the most common coin in Ancient Rome? b) How could a slave become free in Ancient Rome? c) What was the name of the earliest law written in Ancient Rome? d) How do you access an Ancient Rome temple? e) How did the Romans use art to decorate their homes? f) What was an equestrian portrait? g) What do you think the stepping stones you can see in the picture were for? h) What were the thermopolia? i) What was the hypocaust?

FIRST WORLD WAR

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Look at these interesting videos about the First World War:

EVOLUTION OF SETTLEMENT

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This will be our last Geography unit this course. After watching it, answer these questions: a) Which percentage of people in the world lives nowadays in urban areas? b) Which percentage of people lived in urban areas a hundred years ago? c) When and why did semi-permanent villages begin to be developped? d) When did these settlements become permanent? Why? e) Name some of the technologies that were developped in cities, linked to commerce? f) Some cities in 2.000 B.C. had population densities very high, how high? g) What did they build to protect the cities and defend them against attacks? h) How cities need to change to accommodate the growth of population in the future?