Country by its Cultural Figures
Queen, the Beatles, The Clash
What is the UK?
This is the official language of the United States
Trick question! the U.S. has no official language
This is how people in Europe greet loved ones.
kissing on the cheeks
India
Moussaka
Greece
Carlos Santana, Luis Miguel, Juan Gabriel
What is Mexico?
Sign language involves these three ways to communicate words and meanings.
hands, facial expressions, body
by bowing
Christ the Redeemer
Brazil
Pho
Vietnam
Ravi Shankar, Lata Mangeshkar, Zubin Mehta
What is India?
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian are all in this category of languages.
Romance languages
This phrase is commonly used as a greeting (or for other uses) in Costa Rica.
Pura vida
Machu Picchu
Peru
couscous
Morocco
Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi
What is Italy?
This is the third most-spoken language in the world
Hindi (609 million speakers worldwide).
When you do this in Middle Eastern culture, people may suspect that you're envious of someone.
When you compliment someone's appearance or possessions too heavily.
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe and Zambia
Kibbeh
Lebanon and Syria
Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Hossam Ramzy
What is Egypt?
Maltese, the language spoken in Malta, a European Union island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, is derived from this language.
Arabic, which was spoken by Muslim settlers of the Mediterranean islands in the mid-11th century.
Greeting someone this way in Greece is considered an insult.
Greeting with the palm open ("moutza"). It's the equivalent of giving one finger in the US. Make sure to wave with your fingers close together!
Petra
Jordan
Buuz
Mongolia