Historic Sites
Machu Picchu, a ruined city that was an important cultural center for the Inca civilization but was abandoned when the Spanish invaded the region, is located in this country.
What is Peru?
A country where Arabic ( عَرَبِيّ ) is the official language.
What is Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates or Yemen?
(Show Symbol #1) This is the religion associated with this symbol.
What is Christianity?
In this country, you drive on the left side of the road.
What is Great Britain, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Japan, India, Indonesia, among others? (See “Driving Map (side of the road)” document.)
寿司 Sushi originates from this country.
What is Japan?
[Sushi is raw fish with rice. Sashimi refers to raw fish without rice.]
The Roman Colosseum is located in this country.
What is Italy?
A language spoken in India.
(One that is indigenous to that country, so not English, etc.)
What is Bengali, Hindi, Maithili, Nepalese, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Dogri, Kannada, Gujarati, Bodo, Manipur (also known as Meitei), Oriya, Marathi, Santali, Telugu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Malayalam, Konkani or Kashmiri?
[The 2001 Census in India recorded 30 languages which were spoken by more than a million native speakers and 122 which were spoken by more than 10,000 people.]
(Show Symbol #2) This country is the origin of this symbol.
What is China?
[The symbol is the ying-yang]
It is considered bad luck for a building to have a 13th floor in this country.
What is the United States?
Gumbo and jambalaya are popular local foods from this place.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
The ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza is located in what is now this country.
What is Mexico?
A country other than Portugal where Portugese (português) is spoken (as a major language).
What is Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal or São Tomé and Príncipe?
(Show Symbol #3) This symbol, associated with the culture of Northern India, which is chanted as a part of some meditation practices, is pronounced like this.
What is Om or Aum?
Eating habits are viewed very differently by different cultures. In this country slurping is a compliment regarding the food.
What is Japan?
Tamales are wrapped in this type of leaves.
What are corn husks or plantain leaves?
The Sphinx is a stone carving with the body of a cat and the head of a person, located in this country.
What is Egypt?
This is a city where Mandarin is spoken (as a major language).
What is:
A city in China, such as: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin or
Cities in Taiwan, such as: Taipei or
Singapore, Hong Kong, or Macau?
[Note: in a number of these places Cantonese is also a major language]
These two animals appear on the flag of Mexico.
What is an eagle and a snake?
(See Symbol #4)
In this country, never point your shoe or foot to another person; it is considered very rude. This includes sitting with one's feet or foot elevated.
What is any of the Arab countries, or Thailand?
[Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.]
The triangular shaped Indian pastry containing spiced meat is called this.
What is a Samosa?
Angkor Wat, an ancient city that was the center of the Khmer Empire, is located in this country.
What is Cambodia?
This is an Eastern European Language.
What is Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Latvian, Estonian, Czech, Albanian (Gheg & Tosk), Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian/Hrvatski, Georgian, Latvian, Macedonian, Moldovan (Gagauz), Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Kashubian, or Sami?
(Show Symbol #5) This palm-shaped amulet used as a sign of protection is popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East.
What is the Hamsa?
In France, placing a baguette like this is considered bad luck.
What is upside down?
[Legend has it that this came to be in the Middle Ages, when bakers would set aside a baguette for the busy King’s executioners, by placing them inverted. Customers would get the cue and leave it untouched, for the executioners to pick them up later, after finishing their job. In modern times, placing the bread upside down is expected to bring bad luck— as an invitation to poverty, hunger and the executioner himself into one’s home.]
Kaiserschmaarn comes from this country.
What is Germany?
[Kaiserschmaarn is a lightly sweetened pancake]