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*Important GeoFacts*
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Question | Answer |
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Uluru(Ayer's Rock) | Large sandstone rock formation in southern part of Northern Territory |
Acropolis&Parthenon | A flat topped rock in Athens and the columned building on top of it |
Petra | Historical city in Jordan, famous for architecture and water system |
Easter Island | UNESCO World Heritage site. Known for rock structures, moai |
Hagia Sofia | Historical church in Istanbul, historically Constantinople |
Christ the Redeemer | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Largest Art-deco Statue and 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world |
Neuschwanstein Castle | Famous German Castle in Schwangau |
Angkor Wat | Cambodian garden-oriented temple complex |
Timbuktu | Main city of the old Mali Empire and Songhay Empire |
Victoria Falls | Tallest waterfall in the world. Border of Zimbabwe and Zambia |
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing(Porcelain Pagoda) | South bank of Yangtze and is a historical site. Name says it all.P |
Paricutin Volcano | Previously active volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacan |
Chichen Itza | Pre-hispanic city in Yucatan, Mexico. Mexico also has the anthropology and history museum. |
Stonehenge | Prehistoric monument in the Wiltshire county of England |
Taj Mahal | White marble mausoleum built by a mughal emperor in 1653. Jewel of Muslim art in India |
Machu Picchu | An Inca site located in southeastern Peru. The mountain Huayna Picchu overlooks it and Urubamba Valley is underneath it |
Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral and the Red Square | Kremlin--- historic fortress overlooking the Moskva river to the south. The president of the Russian Federation lives there. St Basil's Cathedral is a church built by Ivan the Terrible. The red square is a city square in Moscow. |
Alhambra | Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Built by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada mid 1500s |
Hernan Cortes | Conquered Montezuma and Aztec Empire |
Ferdinand Magellan | Circumnavigated the world |
Francisco Pizarro | Conquered the Incans |
Moors | Berber-looking people of north Africa that conquered some of the Iberian peninsula and built the Alhambra |
Zuiderzee Works of Nederlands North Sea Protection Works | Dam in Zuiderzee the Nederlands built to prevent from flooding |