World Capitals
This city is the capital of France and often called “The City of Light.”
What is Paris?
This ancient pyramid is the only surviving wonder of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This religion has the largest number of followers globally.
What is Christianity?
This global war lasted from 1939 to 1945.
What is World War II?
This is the most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This African capital is the highest above sea level.
What is Addis Ababa?
This iconic statue in Brazil overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro.
What is Christ the Redeemer?
The Eightfold Path is a core teaching in this religion.
What is Buddhism?
This "Cold" war never turned hot between the U.S. and USSR but shaped global politics for decades.
What is the Cold War?
This language gave us the words “robot,” “pistol,” and “polka.”
What is Czech?
This capital city is shared by two continents.
What is Istanbul?
This ancient city carved into rock is located in Jordan.
What is Petra?
This ethical theory suggests that actions are right if they benefit the majority.
What is utilitarianism?
This war ended with the Treaty of Versailles.
What is World War I?
This cultural tradition celebrates the dead in Mexico with altars and marigolds.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This South American capital is known for its historical center and proximity to Machu Picchu.
What is Lima?
This massive mausoleum in India was built by Emperor Shah Jahan.
What is the Taj Mahal?
In Islam, this is the term for charitable giving, one of the Five Pillars.
What is zakat?
This 20th-century Cold War proxy war involved U.S. troops and was deeply controversial.
What is the Vietnam War?
The term lingua franca means:
(not formulated as a question)
A common language used for communication between speakers of different native languages
This European capital lies on the River Vistula and was almost entirely rebuilt after WWII.
What is Warsaw?
This Incan site in the Andes Mountains was rediscovered in 1911.
What is Machu Picchu?
This term in Hinduism refers to the cycle of rebirth.
What is samsara?
This medieval conflict lasted between 1337 and 1453 between France and England.
What is the Hundred Years’ War?
This language group includes Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian, and is unrelated to most other European languages, making it a linguistic outlier on the continent.
What is the Finno-Ugric language group?