Capitals
This city is the capital of Japan and is known for its towering skyscrapers and historic temples.
Tokyo
This English playwright wrote "Romeo and Juliet."
William Shakespeare
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and arrived in this "New World."
America
This instrument, with 88 keys, is common in many genres of music, from classical to jazz.
Piano
The capital of Egypt, this city is home to the Pyramids of Giza on its outskirts.
Cairo
A Nobel laureate in Literature, this Colombian author penned "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The invention of this device, which allows for the amplification of light, has revolutionized communications, medicine, and computing.
Laser
This wall, built to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire, stretches over 13,000 miles.
The Great wall of China
This stringed instrument, played with a bow, is smaller and has a higher pitch than a cello.
The Violin
This city, the capital of Australia, was designed as a planned city.
Canberra
This Russian author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time.
Leo Tolstoy
He is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
The first successful flight of a powered aircraft was achieved by these brothers in 1903.
Wright Brothers
Known for its distinctive sound in jazz music, this brass instrument has valves and is played by blowing air through closed lips.
The Trumpet
Known as the "City of Lights," this is the capital of France.
Paris
The author of "1984" and "Animal Farm," this writer critiqued totalitarian regimes.
George Orwell
This process, developed by Louis Pasteur, kills bacteria in milk and wine to prevent spoilage.
Pasteurization
This event, taking place from 1914 to 1918, was known as "The Great War" until the onset of a second global conflict.
World War I
This instrument, essential to rock bands, is played by strumming or plucking its six strings.
Electric guitar
This city is the highest national capital in the world, located in Bolivia.
La Paz
This American poet is known for her reclusive lifestyle and unique style of poetry, including dashes and unconventional capitalization.
Emily Dickinson
Known for the discovery of penicillin, this scientist's work laid the foundation for modern antibiotics.
Alexander Fleming
This ancient empire fell in 476 AD, marking the end of the classical era and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe.
The Roman Empire
Originating in Africa, this percussion instrument is played with the hands and is known for its hollow, drum-like sound.
The Djembe