World: Landmarks Through History Quiz

Marrakech, Morocco is correct. Koutoubia Mosque and the palaces around the medina anchor the Red City. Founded by the Almoravids in the eleventh century, it became an imperial capital.

New York City, USA is correct. The Statue of Liberty and skyscraper canyons symbolize a global metropolis. Ellis Island welcomed millions of immigrants during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Rome, Italy is correct. The Colosseum and Pantheon preserve the scale of the ancient city. The city ruled an empire that encircled the Mediterranean.

Bali, Indonesia is correct. Clifftop temples, terraced rice fields, and ornate village gates shape the island’s image. Powerful Balinese kingdoms preserved a distinct culture through centuries of regional change.

Petra, Jordan is correct. The Treasury appears through a narrow sandstone canyon called the Siq. Nabataean traders made it a wealthy caravan crossroads over two thousand years ago.

Santorini, Greece is correct. Whitewashed villages and blue domes cling to the caldera rim. A massive Bronze Age eruption buried the settlement of Akrotiri.

Queenstown, New Zealand is correct. A compact resort town faces Lake Wakatipu beneath the Remarkables. Gold discoveries in the 1860s transformed the earlier pastoral settlement.

Singapore is correct. Marina Bay Sands and the Supertrees create a futuristic waterfront. It became an independent republic in 1965 after a complex colonial and regional history.

Paris, France is correct. The Eiffel Tower and Louvre make this one of the world’s most recognizable cities. Revolution in 1789 transformed France and influenced politics far beyond it.

Kyoto, Japan is correct. Fushimi Inari’s vermilion gates and Kinkaku-ji are celebrated landmarks. It served as Japan’s imperial capital for more than a thousand years.

Cape Town, South Africa is correct. Table Mountain rises immediately behind the harbor city. Robben Island preserves the history of Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is correct. Christ the Redeemer overlooks Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay. The Portuguese royal court moved here in 1808, elevating the colonial capital.

Sydney, Australia is correct. The Opera House and Harbour Bridge frame one of the world’s great harbors. The 1788 British settlement at Sydney Cove began modern colonial Sydney.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates is correct. The Burj Khalifa and sail-shaped Burj Al Arab dominate futuristic views. Oil revenue and strategic trade accelerated its transformation after the 1960s.

Machu Picchu, Peru is correct. A fifteenth-century Inca citadel crowns a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley. The royal estate was built during the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti.