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LANDMARKS: This Babylonian gateway was decorated with blue-glazed bricks and images of lions, bulls, and mythical dragons.
What is the Ishtar Gate?
LANDMARKS: This ancient monument looks carved into a mountain, but its name means “rock.”
What is Petra?
LANDMARKS: Name 3 wonders of the ancient world.
What are the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria?
LANDMARKS: Measured from its underwater base to its summit, this Hawaiian volcano is taller than Mount Everest, although Everest is higher above sea level.
What is Mauna Kea?
LANDMARKS:This Indian stepwell descends through more than 3,000 narrow steps arranged in a precise geometric pattern.
What is Chand Baori?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY:This Pacific nation is spread across both sides of the Equator and the 180th meridian, giving it territory in all four hemispheres.
What is Kiribati?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country is shaped like a boot.
What is Italy?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This African country is completely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Counting overseas territories, this country spans more time zones than any other country in the world—not Russia.
What is France
WORLD GEOGRAPHY:This narrow land bridge between Panama and Colombia has no continuous road connecting North and South America.
What is the Darien Gap?
WORLD CAPITALS:This country’s capital, Naypyidaw, replaced Yangon as the seat of government in 2006.
What is Myanmar?
WORLD CAPITALS: This European country has Budapest as its capital, even though its name sounds like two separate cities.
What is Hungary?
WORLD CAPITALS: This Pacific island nation has no officially designated capital, although most government offices are located in the district of Yaren.
What is Nauru?
WORLD CAPITALS:This country moved its capital from Almaty to Astana in 1997.
What is Khazakstan?
WORLD HISTORY:This 1713 treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession and transferred Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.
What is the Treaty of Ultrecht?
WORLD HISTORY:This empire was ruled by leaders known as sultans and included modern-day Turkey.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
WORLD HISTORY: This 1494 agreement divided newly claimed lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal, even though neither country had discovered or controlled all of those lands.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
WORLD HISTORY:This civilization used quipus—knotted cords—to record information instead of developing a conventional writing system.
What was The Inca Civilization?
WORLD CULTURE: This Indonesian performance tradition uses flat leather puppets held behind a screen while musicians perform a gamelan accompaniment. Its name literally means “shadow puppet.”
What is Wayang Kulit?
WORLD CULTURE:This festival of lights is celebrated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and some Buddhist traditions.
What is Diwali?
WORLD CULTURE: This Indonesian musical tradition uses tuned gongs, metallophones, and drums to create layered ensemble music.
What is Gamelan?
WORLD CULTURE: This Chinese philosophy emphasizes harmony, proper relationships, respect for elders, and social responsibility.
What is Confucianism?