B2 · Upper Intermediate
History & Culture
Explore Denmark's past and cultural heritage: the B2 vocabulary for discussing archaeology, monarchy, conflict and the forces that shaped a nation.
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- Words & phrases
- 56
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- cultural history
- ancient monument
- excavation
- archaeology
- oral tradition, handed-down account
- migration of peoples
- colonial power
- century
- decade
- peace settlement
- uprising, rebellion
- army
- conquest
- oppression
- resistance movement
- reunification
- upheaval
- nobility
- trade route
- voyage of discovery
- fortress
- manor house
- way of life
- national sentiment
- golden age, heyday
- to settle (down)
- to drive out, to expel
- to be descended from
- former
- typical of the period
- an air force
- a naval fleet
- an officer
- a private (soldier)
- a garrison
- a barracks
- conscription
- a mobilization
- an offensive
- a defensive position
- a siege
- a capitulation
- a peace treaty
- a kingdom
- a dynasty
- the gentry
- a prince
- a princess
- hereditary
- an emperor
- a ten-øre coin (historical)
- an aristocrat
- a motherland
- postwar
- preindustrial
- a baron
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
History and Cultural Heritage
- Lesson 2
Whose History Does the Exhibition Tell?
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