UNESCO
When was UNESCO founded?
What is Nov 16, 1945?
Largest religious monument in the world
What is Angkor Wat, Cambodia?
Who is considered to be the "Father of American Archaeology?"
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
When was the first World Heritage Site declared?
What is 1978?
These are six official UN languages in which it publishes all its official documents.
What are English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese?
What is the first UNESCO convention? (This convention, Feb 1972, aimed to create a system of protection for cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value).
The first 12 sites added to the list in include Mesa Verde and this site 500 miles to the North
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Who was the "Father of American Anthropology?"
Who was Franz Boas?
This international event, held every four years, brings countries together to compete.
What are the Olympics?
UNESCO has offered preservation support in keeping this endangered Celtic language alive.
What is Welsh?
How many states were originally part of UNESCO?
What is 37 States
This site in Asia is one of the most famous and widely visited World Heritage Sites, often described as an architectural marvel.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This British archaeologist’s 1922 discovery in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings uncovered the nearly intact tomb of a pharaoh whose burial site is now part of a World Heritage property inscribed in 1979.
Who was Howard Carter?
This festival, celebrated in India and Nepal, is known as the “Festival of Colors.”
What is Holi?
UNESCO celebrates February 21 as International Mother Language Day to promote this concept — the coexistence of multiple languages within a society.
What is linguistic diversity?
UNESCO required signatures from 20 member-states to ratify its charter. UNESCO was officially formed after this member state signed the charter.
What is Greece?
Largest World Heritage Site
What is the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati?
This French architect and theorist restored medieval monuments like Carcassonne and Notre-Dame and helped shape modern preservation philosophy long before UNESCO existed.
Who was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc?
This annual global event, organized by WWF, encourages people to turn off their lights for one hour to raise awareness about climate change.
What is Earth hour?
UNESCO has recognized these languages as official languages for its Global Conferences.
What are English, Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Bahasa Indonesian, Italian, and Spanish?
The full name of UNESCO is
What is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization?
This traditional UNESCO site, spanning ten European countries along a major river, preserves Roman military fortifications that once marked the northern frontier of an empire stretching from Britain to the Near East.
What is the Frontiers of the Roman Empire?
Who was the first female Native American archaeologist?
Who was Bertha Parker Pallan?
Held in 1992 in Brazil, this major UN conference led to Agenda 21 and conventions on climate change and biodiversity.
What is the Rio Earth Summit?
This classical language, in which many ancient Indian texts were written, is recognized by UNESCO for its cultural significance.
What is Sanskrit?