Tourism 9-12

Question 1

What are travel options?

Answer 1

These are options like, traveling by:

car
train
bus
bicycle
boat
...

Question 2

What are tourist routes?

Answer 2

Tourist routes are:

Routes within a destination, city. Routes, where tourists are.

Question 3

What is the definition of tourist flow?

Answer 3

There are five different tourist flows:

• Stay-put
• Gateway
• Hub-and-spoke
• Arranged touring
• Freewheeling

Question 4

Explain stay-put

Answer 4

Tourists arrive at the destination and stay there.

Question 5

Explain Gateway

Answer 5

Tourists arrive at the destination, stay there for a short time (transit) and travel to the next destination.

Question 6

Explain Hub-and-spoke

Answer 6

Tourist choose a destination as a logistic central point with good infrastructure to discover from there other daily attractions and sites.

Question 7

Explain Freewheeling

Answer 7

Tourist decide during their journey spontaneously where they are going next.

Question 8

Emperor

Answer 8

a male ruler of an empire
He’d dressed himself up as a Roman emperor for the fancy-dress party.
This type of porcelain was made specifically for the Chinese emperor and the imperial household.

Question 9

Empress

Answer 9

a female ruler of an empire, or the wife of a male ruler of an empire

Queen Victoria was Empress of India as well as Queen of Great Britain.

Question 10

Kingdom

Answer 10

a country ruled by a king or queen:

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Question 11

Bailiff

Answer 11

A person whose job is to take care of someone else’s land or property

Hermann Gessler was the bailiff of the Habsburger emperor in Vienna.

They didn’t pay their rent, so the landlord called/sent in the bailiffs.

Question 12

dispatch

Answer 12

to send something, especially goods or a message, somewhere for a particular purpose:

Two loads of cloth were dispatched to the factory on 12 December.

At a time soon after the opening of the Gotthard Pass, when the Habsburg emperors in Vienna sought to control Uri and thus control trans-Alpine trade, a new bailiff, Hermann Gessler was dispatched to Uri.

the dispatch of troops

Question 13

pledge

Answer 13

a formal promise, or something that is given as a sign that you will keep a promise:

a pledge of friendship

The proud mountain folk of Uri had already joined with their Schwyzer and Nidwalden neighbors at Rütli in pledging to resist the Austrians cruel oppression.

Question 14

pole

Answer 14

a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things:

a telegraph/electricity pole

This totem pole is carved from a single tree trunk.

raise a pole

When Gessler raised a pole in the central square of Altdorf and perched his hat on the top, commanding all who passed before it to bow in respect, it was the last straw.

Question 15

perche

Answer 15

to be in a high position or in a position near the edge of something, or to put something in this position:

The village is perched on top of a high hill.

Question 16

the last straw

Answer 16

the latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept:

The last straw was when the company fired most of the managers.

Question 17

bow

Answer 17

to bend your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched you perform:

They bowed to the Queen.

We bowed our heads in prayer.

He bowed down (= very low) before (= in front of) the king and begged for mercy.

William Tell walked past the hat without bowing.

Question 18

seize

Answer 18

to take something quickly and keep or hold it:
I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me.

Gessler seized Tell, who was well known as a marksman, and set him a challenge.

Question 19

marksman

Answer 19

someone who can shoot a gun very accurately:
Police marksmen were called to the scene.

He is a superb fighter and survivor, and in particular an expert marksman.

Question 20

crossbow

Answer 20

a weapon, used especially in the past, that shoots a short arrow with great force

Gessler ordered Tell to shoot an apple off his son’s head with his crossbow.

Question 21

quiver

Answer 21

a long, thin container for carrying arrows

Tell put one arrow in his quiver and another in his crossbow, took aim, and shot the apple clean off his son’s head.

Question 22

take aim

Answer 22

the act of pointing a weapon towards something:

She raised her gun, took aim and fired.

Question 23

infuriate

Answer 23

to make someone extremely angry:

His sexist attitude infuriates me.

Gessler was impressed and infuriated - and then asked what the second arrow was for.

Question 24

tyrant

Answer 24

a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly:

Tamir, one of several sons of the exiled ruler, vowed he would liberate his country from the tyrant.

Tell looked the tyrant in the eye and replied if the first arrow had struck the child, the second would have been for Gessler.

Question 25

strike

Answer 25

to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:

Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.

The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again.

Question 26

oarsmen

Answer 26

a person who rows a boat, especially in competitions

During the long boat journey a violent storm arose on the lake, and then an oarsman - unfamiliar with the lake - begged with Gessler to release Tell so that he could steer them to safety.

Question 27

cannily

Answer 27

in a way that shows quick and clever thinking, especially about business or financial matters:

They cannily backed out of the agreement just in time.

He cannily outmanoeuvred his rivals.

Tell cannily maneuvered the boat cloye to the shore, then leapt to freedom, landing on a flat rock (the Tellsplatte) and simultaneously pushing the boat back into stormy waters.

Question 28

lane

Answer 28

a narrow road in the countryside or in a town:

He drives so fast along those narrow country lanes.
I live at the end of Church Lane.

As Gessler and his party walked along ton a dark lane called Hohlegasse on their way to the castle, Tell leapt out, shot a bolt into the tyrant’s heart and melted back into the woods to return to Uri.