True or False Quiz

• 1. The official religion of Cambodia is Islam .

• 2. Angkor Wat was built as a Buddhist temple in the beginning.

• 3. The estimated time for construction of the temple is between 30 to 40 years, using between 17,000 to 20,000 persons.

• 4. Angkor is located in Phnom Penh.

• 5.Angkor Wat inherited Indian influences in religion, philosophy and political beliefs comprising two elements: physical and cultural.

• 6. Angkor Wat was constructed in the first half of the 12th century by King Ang Chan.

• 7. The Angkor ruins were selected and accepted by UNESCO as the "World Heritage" in 1980.

• 8. Among the more than 1,080 historic temples throughout Cambodia, more than 400 of them, the major ones, are in Siem Reap, a few kilometers from town.

• 9. ASI established in the 1860s, maintains more than 5000 sites - dating from 3000 B.C. to the 19th century.

• 10.In 1980,Prince Norodom Sihanouk appealed to the world to save Angkor Wat.

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