Nations to Know
Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest skyscraper, dominating Dubai's skyline in this nation.
The United Arab Emirates
This is the voting age for people in Austria, Belgium, and Germany.
16!
This South American country is the nation with the world's fastest growing economy after a massive oil discovery off its shores nearly a decade ago.
Guyana
This South American nation has the world’s largest community of people with Japanese heritage outside of Japan.
Brazil
This landmark, intended as ancient border defense, is 13,171 miles long and stretches across two countries in Asia.
The Great Wall of China
In this nation's province of Ontario, members of the Parliament can now speak in Indigenous languages during the province's legislative sessions. Previously, there was a mandate to use only either English or French.
Canada
This nation, which lies between the Indian and Pacific Oceans stands apart from other democratic nations in not having a national Bill of Rights.
Australia
In 2023, the US purchased more imports from this country than China, reflecting both the growth of the country’s manufacturing economy and increased tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Mexico
This is the longest river in the world, which flows through or along the border of 11 African nations for a total of 4,132 miles.
The Nile River
Following a massive and destructive fire, it took five years to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in this capital city.
Paris, France
After decades of research, archaeologists have uncovered a network of ancient cities that once existed in the east of this nation. This discovery contributes to the mounting evidence that there were flourishing urban centers in the Amazon region dating back 2,000 years.
Ecuador
This lawyer, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent political opponent, died in an artic Prison in February.
Aleksei Navalny
The volcanoes of this island nation were dormant for 800 years before eruptions and earthquakes began happening regularly, displacing people, destroying homes, and negatively impacting the tourism industry in a country heavily reliant on visitors.
Iceland
India
Situated between Israel and Jordan, this body of water, contains nearly 10 times the salt than regular seawater and most life cannot survive in it, which is how it earned its name.
The Dead Sea
This Central American nation is the world’s most environmentally protected with more than 25% of its land safeguarded by national parks, wildlife refuges, and biological reserves.
Costa Rica
This military leader, for whom the nation of Bolivia is named, led six South American countries to independence from Spain.
Simón Bolívar
This nation, which considers itself independent, even though China does not, produces more than 60 percent of the world’s semiconductors, which are used to make the circuits that power smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices.
Taiwan
Nollywood is this country's film-making industry, the world's third-most prolific film-producing nation behind the United States and India. The movies evolved from being low-budget films for local audiences to now attracting global viewers on Netflix and Amazon.
Nigeria
This lake supplies much of the water to the Panama Canal and has been receding due to climate change.
Gatun Lake
In March 2024, this historically neutral country joined the military alliance NATO (North-Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Sweden
The year 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of "Lucy,” one of the world’s most famous and well-preserved fossils of an early human ancestor. She was unearthed by a team of scientists led by this man in Ethiopia in 1974.
Donald Johnson
This country received $311 billion from oil exports in 2022, which is the most among members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Iraq took in the second most and the UAE took third.
Saudi Arabia
Sometimes called the "Rainbow Nation" for its diversity, this nation has thousands of ethnic groups and 11 official languages, including Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and English.
South Africa
The Great Barrier Reef, which experienced one of the most severe coral bleaching events on the record in April 2024, is off the coast of what part of the world?
Queensland, Australia