World Geography SOL Landmarks

Sydney Opera House

A man made landmark located in Sydney

Suez Canal

A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea

Pagodas

Places of worship for Buddhists

Kaaba

The most sacred temple of Islam, located at Mecca

Chernobyl

nuclear power plant in Russia that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air

Mt. Everest

tallest mountain in the world

Statue of Liberty

Cultural icon in New York City

St. Louis Gateway Arch

Cultural icon in midwestern USA

Parliament Hill

"The Hill" in Canadian capital, Ottawa. Area of "Crown Land," part of Constitutional Monarchy.

Chunnel

1990s Underwater (English Channel) tunnel that links Great Britain and France

Minaret

A distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from which the faithful are called to worship.

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest mountain

Victoria Falls

Africa's largest waterfall

Terraced Rice Fields

Agricultural structures in East Asia

Parthenon

Ancient Greek religious temple

Colosseum

Ancient Roman sports arena in Italy

Angkor Wat

Ancient temple in Cambodia

The Louvre

Art museum in France

Neuschwanstein Castle

Began in 1869; one of King Ludwig II's 3 castles in Southern Germany

Golden Gate Bridge

Bridge located in San Francisco

Stupa

Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound

Tenochtitlan

Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.

St. Basil's Cathedral

Cathedral built in Moscow by Ivan IV.

Notre Dame

Catholic cathedral in France

Kremlin

Center of Russian government

VA Capitol Building

Center of the Virginia state government

St. Peter's Basillica

Central church in Vatican City

Hagia Sophia

Church then Mosque and now museum in Turkey

Big Ben

Clock tower in UK

Eiffel Tower

Cultural icon in France

Windmills

Devices using wind power to pump water from underground to the surface. Often found in the Netherlands to drain lowlands produces from dikes and polders.

University of Timbuktu

First university in the world

Black Forest

Forest damaged by acid rain in Germany

Great Wall of China

Fortification in China

Independence Hall

Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 and where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787.

Potala Palace

Historic and revered residence of the Dalai Lama until Chinese invasion

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Holy site for Christians in Jerusalem

Western (Wailing) Wall

Holy site for Jews in Jerusalem

Dome of the Rock

Holy site for Muslims in Jerusalem

Mecca

Holy site for Muslims in Saudi Arabia; all Muslims must make a pilgrimage there

White House

Home of US President

Mt. Fuji

Japan's most famous landmark

Castles

Medieval fortresses found throughout Europe

US Capitol Building

Meeting place of US Congress in Washington, DC

Arc de Triomphe

Military memorial in France

Red Square

Moscow, Russia

Itaipu Dam

Most powerful hydroelectric plant, located on the Parana River between Brazil and Paraguay.

Aswan High Dam

One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt.

Taj Mahal

Palace in India

Mosque

Religious center for Muslims

Christ the Redeemer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Machu Picchu

Ruined city in Peru

Tikal

Ruined temple in Guatemala

Siberian Village

Russia

Soviet style apartment blocks

Russia

Panama Canal

Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States, it opened in 1915.

Pyramids

The Sumerians, Egyptians, and Americans all built different types of this kind of structure because they all had a heavily centralized governments with emperors who were seen as closely tied to religion or were even seen as gods.

Westminster Abbey

a cathedral near Houses of Parliament where royal coronation, weddings and funerals take place

Tower of London

a fortress of several buildings in London historically used as both a palace and a prison

Wadi

a riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons, found in Southwest Asia/North Africa

Chichen Itza

an ancient Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula

Souq/ Bazaar

an open-air marketplace in an Arab city

CN Tower

highest building in Toronto, Canada.