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Man-made landmarks
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Golden Gate Bridge | located in San Francisco, California, is a suspension bridge that is 1 mile long connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Mount Rushmore | carved into the side of a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, |
| Mount Rushmore | shows the faces of four US presidents...George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln |
| Pearl Harbor National Memorial | a floating memorial that commemorates the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy that killed over 2, 000 Americans and led us in joining World War II. |
| September 11 Memorial and Museum | landmark in located in New York City, built to honor the lives of the people who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. |
| September 11 Memorial and Museum | this memorial includes two waterfall pools which are built where the World Trade Center towers once stood |
| The Statue of Liberty | an important symbol of the United States, stands 305 feet above New York's harbor on tiny Liberty Island |
| The Statue of Liberty | this landmark was given to us by France in 1885 and is a welcome site to immigrants coming to America. |