Africa
This is the largest hot desert in the world with a total area of over three million square miles, filling nearly all of northern Africa.
What is the Sahara?
Spanish conquistadors founded this city in 1521 atop the razed island-capital of Tenochtitlán, the cultural and political center of the Aztec (Mexica) empire.
What is Mexico City?
This mountain range that runs along the west coast of South America was home to the Inca civilization.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The remains of Templo Mayor are located in this modern-day capital.
What is Mexico City?
This Middle Eastern region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was home to the world's first civilizations.
What is Mesopotamia?
Lagos is the chief port and largest city of this west African country.
What is Nigeria?
This is the Spanish name of the ruins of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlán, the ancient capital of the Aztec empire.
What is Templo Mayor?
The name of this South American country is derived from a Quechua word implying land of abundance, a reference to the economic wealth produced by the rich and highly organized Inca civilization that ruled the region for centuries.
What is Peru?
This South American body of water is the world’s highest navigable lake at over 12,000 feet above sea level and is considered the birthplace of Incan mythology.
What is Lake Titicaca?
Joan of Arc is considered the national heroine of this European country.
What is France?
From the 13th to 16th century the valley of this principal river of western Africa was the heartland of the Mali and Songhai empires.
What is the Niger River?
This is the common and historical name of the enormous concrete-covered plaza (officially named the Plaza de la Constitución) in the heart of Mexico City.
What is the Zócalo?
The area around this capital of Peru has been inhabited for thousands of years, pre-dating the arrival of the Inca in the 15th century.
What is Lima?
This dramatic 17-meter pyramidal structure was built by Songhai emperor Mohamed I in 1495 to serve as his final resting place, assert his devotion to Islam, and showcase the power and wealth of the Songhai Empire.
What is the Tomb of Askia?
This city in the Middle East is considered one of the most sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
This term, which also lends its name to two countries, refers to the vast tract of open savanna plains extending across Africa between the southern limits of the Sahara and the northern limits of the equatorial rain forests.
What is Sudan?
This drained lake in the Valley of Mexico is best known for an island where the Mexica built their capital, Tenōchtitlan.
What is Lake Texcoco?
The stones in the ruins of this famous Inca royal retreat located high in the Andes are cut so precisely they fit together without gaps, allowing them to "dance" or shift during earthquakes and settle back into place.
What is Machu Picchu?
This town in eastern Mali became the capital of the Songhai Empire in the early 11th century and is home to many important cultural and religious sites.
What is Gao?
This Turkish city was originally known as Byzantium, then was renamed Constantinople and served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire before being renamed yet again by the Ottomans.
What is Istanbul?
This is the region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Maghreb?
This is the name of the high plateau region in central Mexico.
What is Mesa Central?
This city in south-central Peru is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere and was formerly the capital of the extensive Inca empire.
What is Cuzco?
At its peak, this pre-Aztec metropolis located north of modern-day Mexico City housed 125,000–200,000 residents—one of the world's largest cities of its time.
What is Teotihuacan?
This northern Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?