World: History & Heritage Quiz

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is correct. The Portuguese royal court moved here in 1808, elevating the colonial capital.

Sydney, Australia is correct. The 1788 British settlement at Sydney Cove began modern colonial Sydney.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates is correct. Oil revenue and strategic trade accelerated its transformation after the 1960s.

Machu Picchu, Peru is correct. The royal estate was built during the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti.

Marrakech, Morocco is correct. Founded by the Almoravids in the eleventh century, it became an imperial capital.

New York City, USA is correct. Ellis Island welcomed millions of immigrants during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Rome, Italy is correct. The city ruled an empire that encircled the Mediterranean.

Bali, Indonesia is correct. Powerful Balinese kingdoms preserved a distinct culture through centuries of regional change.

Petra, Jordan is correct. Nabataean traders made it a wealthy caravan crossroads over two thousand years ago.

Santorini, Greece is correct. A massive Bronze Age eruption buried the settlement of Akrotiri.

Queenstown, New Zealand is correct. Gold discoveries in the 1860s transformed the earlier pastoral settlement.

Singapore is correct. It became an independent republic in 1965 after a complex colonial and regional history.

Paris, France is correct. Revolution in 1789 transformed France and influenced politics far beyond it.

Kyoto, Japan is correct. It served as Japan’s imperial capital for more than a thousand years.

Cape Town, South Africa is correct. Robben Island preserves the history of Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment.