Island Names
These two islands share the names of popular holidays.
Christmas and Easter Island
Known as the “Big Apple,” this U.S. city is home to Broadway and Wall Street.
New York City
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
"I have a dream"
MLK Jr.
The Battle of Stalingrad, fought mainly between these two powers, marked a turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II after a brutal siege and massive casualties.
Germany and the Soviet Union
This Mediterranean island is home to Mount Etna and is the largest island in Italy.
Sicily
This Asian city is known as “The Pearl of the Orient” and was a major colonial trading port for the British.
Hong Kong
The first African-American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
"Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country"
JFK
The final battle of Napoleon's career was fought between these two countries, which ultimately led to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
France and Britain
This remote island in the South Atlantic was the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s final exile.
Saint Helena
Famous for its canals, gondolas, and St. Mark’s Basilica, this Italian city is built on over 100 small islands.
Venice
This was the first president to be born in a hospital.
Jimmy Carter
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world"
Mahatma Gandhi
The Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 marked the beginning of a new overseas conflict for this 250 year old country
United States and Spain
This Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean is home to the Global Seed Vault.
Spitsbergen
This South American city was once the capital of the Inca Empire and sits high in the Andes.
Cusco
The first person to circumnavigate the globe by ship from 1519 to 1522.
Ferdinand Magellan
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
Julius Caesar
The Battle of Tours in 732 CE stopped the northward expansion of this caliphate into Western Europe.
Umayyad Caliphate and Kingdom of the Franks/ Franks
This remote volcanic island in the eastern Pacific, a territory of Ecuador, gives its name to a famous group of islands studied by Charles Darwin.
Isabela Island
Built on 14 islands, this Scandinavian city is famous for its canals and the Nobel Prize headquarters.
Stockholm
On June 13, 1963, she became the first woman in space.
Valentina Tereshkova
"Cogito ergo sum"
Rene Descartes
The Battle of Navarino in 1827 was a naval engagement that helped secure independence for a Balkan nation.
Ottoman Empire and Greece