Learning Activity M2 LA 1

Task 1

In the appendix there are 20 captions which you will read carefully and analyze.

In this Task, I just find 19 captions in text 1 and text 2

TEXT 1. EIFFEL TOWER

No Caption Meaning
1 wrought iron anironalloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in
contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%)
2 lattice tower on a freestanding frameworktower
3 Champ de Mars in a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh
arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and
the ÉcoleMilitaire to the southeast
4 Paris the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105
square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated
population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019
a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France
5 France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories

6 Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer

7 1889 World's Fair was a world’s fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October
1889
8 cultural icon of an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as
representative of that culture.

9 tallest structure in Paris The Tour First, at 231 meters, located in La Defense.

10 WashingtonMonument to An obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to

commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of
the Continental Army and the first president of the United States
11 tallest man-made structure alist of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and
in present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by
guy wires, the sea or other types of support

12 Chrysler Building in an Art Deco–style skyscraper located in the Turtle Bay

neighborhood on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York
City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue

13 New York City usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY),
is the most populous city in the United States

14 Aerial An antenna is an array of conductors (elements), electrically

connected to the receiver or transmitter

15 second tallest structure in An incomplete list of the tallest structures in

France France:Longwave transmitter Allouis,HWU transmitter,
central mast, Viaduc de Millau

16 Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorgevalley of the Tarn near
Millau in southern France

17 observation deck is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall

 architectural structure such as a skyscraper or observation tower

18 European Union a political and economic union of 28 member states that are
located primarily in Europe.[12] It has an area of 4,475,757 km2
(1,728,099 sq mi) and an estimated population of about 513
million

19 lift a type of vertical transportation device that moves people or

goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other
structure

2. TEXT 2. DEMOCRACY

No. Caption Meaning

1. parliament a legislative body of government

2. Classical Athens was the major urban center of the notable polis (city-state) of the
same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in
the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian
League

3 Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the
overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC,
and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire

4 late antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of

transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in mainland
Europe, the Mediterranean world, and the Near East

5 Middle French a historical division of the French language that covers the period
from the 14th to the early 17th centuries

6 Middle Latin was the form of Latin used in Roman CatholicWestern Europe
during the Middle Ages

7 Larry Diamond an American political sociologist and leading contemporary scholar

in the field of democracy studies

8 elections a formal group decision-making process by which a population

chooses an individual to hold public office

9 human rights of moral principles or norms[1] that describe certain standards of

humanbehaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal
rights in municipal and international law
10 rule of law defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: "The authority and
influence of law in society, especially when viewed as a constraint
on individual and institutional behavior; (hence) the principle
whereby all members of a society (including those in government)
are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and
processes

11 Greek city-states a body of citizens. In modern historiography, polis is normally used

to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and
its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state"

12 Athens was the major urban center of the notable polis (city-state) of the
same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in
the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian
League

13 aristocracy a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small,

privileged ruling class

14 suffrage movements the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is
sometimes used for any right to vote)

15 absolute monarchy a form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme

authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written
laws, legislature, or customs

16 oligarchy a form of power structure in which power rests with a small

number of people

17 Karl Popper an Austrian philosopher and professor

18 dictatorship an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single

leader or group of leaders with either no party or a weak party,
little mass mobilization, and limited political pluralism

19 tyranny, an absolute ruler unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped

legitimate sovereignty