Countries and Maps
This island country, whose capital is Tokyo, is often called the Land of the Rising Sun.
What is Japan?
This famous Chinese landmark is a vast system of historic defensive walls.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This ancient civilisation built the pyramids at Giza.
What is ancient Egypt?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This Japanese art creates shapes and figures by folding paper.
What is origami?
This South American country has Portuguese as its official language.
What is Brazil?
This white-marble mausoleum in Agra was built for Mumtaz Mahal.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This barrier dividing a German city opened in November 1989, becoming a symbol of the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This desert in North Africa is the world’s largest hot desert.
What is the Sahara?
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is especially associated with this country.
What is Mexico?
Most of this country lies in Asia, but part lies in Europe; Ankara is its capital.
What is Türkiye?
This ancient city in Jordan is famous for buildings carved into rose-coloured rock, including the Treasury.
What is Petra?
King John agreed to this famous English charter in 1215.
What is Magna Carta?
This mountain range runs along the western side of South America.
What are the Andes?
Paella originated in the Valencia region of this country.
What is Spain?
This independent kingdom is completely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
This Inca site sits high in the Andes of Peru and is famous for its stone buildings and terraces.
What is Machu Picchu?
This empire, ruled from Cusco, controlled a large part of western South America before the Spanish conquest.
What is the Inca Empire?
This Siberian lake is the deepest lake in the world.
What is Lake Baikal?
Songkran, a New Year festival famous for water celebrations, is especially associated with this country.
What is Thailand?
This Central Asian country is doubly landlocked: all of its neighbouring countries are also landlocked.
What is Uzbekistan?
These large carved human figures are a famous feature of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island.
What are moai?
Constantinople fell to the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in this year.
What is 1453?
This deepest known part of the ocean lies within the Mariana Trench.
What is Challenger Deep?
The hongi, a Māori greeting involving the pressing of noses, is associated with this country.
What is New Zealand?