Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Read about five events that helped make the world a smaller place and complete the texts with the words from the list. There is one event that does not fit in any of the gaps. 3 Now work in small groups: • Discuss what you know about each of these events and how they helped shape our modern world. Put them in order of influence (1 = the most influential). • Think of three more events that you think have helped make the world a smaller place. 1  The _________________ lasted for nearly five centuries. At its height during the 3 rd century AD, it stretched from Spain and Northern Africa, through France, into the UK, across Southern Europe and into Turkey and Arabia. 2  In 1492, ___________________________ set out to find a shorter trade route to Asia. Instead, he ended up discovering the “New World” and helped the Spanish create a huge empire in the Americas. 3  In 1930, Trans World Airlines started the _____________________________________________ . The trip took 36 hours with an overnight stop in Kansas City. These days, of course, you can fly almost anywhere in the world in less than 24 hours. 4  In 1989, the whole world watched as one of its major symbols of segregation came crashing down. For 28 years, the _________________ had physically and symbolically kept East and West apart. With its fall, the Cold War was officially over. 5  Although few people know his name, Tim Berners-Lee is responsible for the 20 th century’s final great invention. Although it’s only been around since the early 1990s, it’s difficult to imagine a world without the ___________________ . Five events that shrank the world World Wide Web first transcontinental airline service Berlin Wall Roman Empire spread of English as an international language Christopher Columbus 142 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv