Taiwan
This upscale Taipei district, home to Taipei 101 and luxury shopping malls, is the city’s modern commercial center.
What is 信義區?
This landmark, built for the 1962 World’s Fair, remains Seattle’s most recognizable symbol.
What is the Space Needle?
“The Ave,” a street filled with restaurants and shops near campus, is short for this avenue’s name.
What is University Way?
Air travel between Seattle and Taipei takes about 11 hours across this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
To do or say something that makes people more comfortable in a new situation, often described as “breaking” this.
What is ice?
Taiwan’s High-Speed Rail connects these two final stops at the north and south ends of the island.
What are 南港 and 左營?
Known for its constant drizzle, Seattle’s nickname references this precious green gemstone.
What is the Emerald City?
UW has three campuses, in Seattle, Bothell, and this southern city.
What is Tacoma?
Rising 3,952 meters and 14,410 feet respectively, these mountains represent the highest points in Taiwan and Washington State.
What are 玉山 and Mount Rainier?
The word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of this ancient language.
What is Greek?
The National Palace Museum in Taipei houses ancient Chinese artifacts originally brought from this city.
What is 北京?
The waters of this glacially carved inlet are brackish, formed where saltwater from the Pacific mixes with freshwater from surrounding rivers.
What is Puget Sound?
Near the Henry Art Gallery at the west entrance to campus, this bronze statue depicts an American figure celebrated for his leadership and integrity.
Who was George Washington?
Because the United States and Taiwan do not have official embassies, each side maintains these offices, one in Taipei and several across American cities, to handle relations.
What are AIT and TECO?
Among modern languages, this one spoken in northwestern Europe is closest to English, both descending from the West Germanic branch.
What is Dutch?
Containing 28 stations, this Taipei MRT line is currently the longest in the system.
What is the 淡水信義線 or 紅線?
Known for its vibrant music scene in the 1990s, Seattle was the birthplace of this rock genre.
What is grunge?
This word, featured in UW’s tagline “Be ____,” captures the university’s spirit of curiosity and exploration.
What is boundless?
The capital of Taiwan features a major avenue named for this American figure known for his New Deal and wartime leadership.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The English word “salary” comes from the Latin sal, meaning this mineral once used as payment.
What is salt?
During the Japanese colonial era, this city, now Taiwan’s sixth largest, was known as Takao, a name derived from a local Indigenous word.
What is 高雄市?
Remembered for a speech about caring for the earth, this Puget Sound chief became a symbol of unity between Native peoples and settlers.
Who was Chief Seattle?
Named for a Canadian-born Latin professor who served as UW’s acting president in the 1920s, this Gothic-style building now houses the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
What is Thomson Hall?
With a land area of around 36,000 square kilometers, Taiwan is similar in size to this small but densely populated U.S. state in the mid-Atlantic region.
What is Maryland?
The word quarantine originated from an Italian phrase meaning this number of days ships were kept isolated during the plague.
What is forty?