Global Landmarks
This South American landmark is known as “The Lost City of the Incas.”
Machu Picchu
This author wrote “Pride and Prejudice.”
Jane Austen
This city is the capital of France.
Paris.
This is the chemical symbol for water.
H2O
This document declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
the telephone
Located in Jordan, this ancient city is known for its rock-cut architecture.
Petra
“To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.
“Hamlet”
This city is the capital of Japan.
Tokyo.
Newton is famous for this law of motion?
The law of universal gravitation.
He was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles.
Great Wall of China.
This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.
The Iliad.
Canberra is the capital of this country.
Australia.
The study of life is known as this.
Biology
This war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States.
the Civil War
Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
Charles Babbage
This tower in Italy is famous for its unintended tilt.
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
He is known for his horror novels, including “Carrie” and “The Shining.”
Stephen King
Known as the “Eternal City,” it’s the capital of Italy.
Rome.
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars.
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
the Louisiana Purchase
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
the iPhone
What is the smallest independent country in the world by area?
Vatican City
Known for his magical realism, this Colombian wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”
Gabriel García Márquez.
This Canadian city is the country’s capital.
Ottawa.
Einstein is renowned for this theory of relativity.
Theory of relativity.
The “Gettysburg Address” was delivered by this president.
Abraham Lincoln
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
the X-ray