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Answer: Pyramids of Giza, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, Victoria Falls
💡 The pyramids are in Egypt, Al-Qarawiyyin is in Morocco, and Victoria Falls is between Zambia and Zimbabwe, all in Africa. The Taj Mahal is in Asia, and the Colosseum is in Europe.
Answer: Brazil
💡 The Amazon rainforest stretches across several countries in South America, but about 60% of it is inside Brazil.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Fatimids founded Cairo in 969 AD, then built Al-Azhar Mosque, which opened for prayer around 972 AD.
Answer: Agra
💡 The Taj Mahal is in the city of Agra in northern India, on the bank of the Yamuna River.
Answer: Italy
💡 The tower is in the city of Pisa in the Tuscany region of Italy, and millions visit it to take pictures with it.
Answer: To protect the country from raids by tribes from the north
💡 The emperors of China built the wall and its watchtowers to fend off attacks by nomadic tribes coming from the northern steppes.
Answer: Mehmed the Conqueror
💡 Sultan Mehmed II conquered Constantinople while still young, so he was called "the Conqueror," and the city became the Ottoman capital, known as Istanbul.
Answer: A torch
💡 The statue holds up a torch in her right hand, and in her left hand she carries a tablet inscribed with the date of United States independence.
Answer: Christ the Redeemer statue ↔ Brazil, Angkor Wat temple ↔ Cambodia, Stonehenge ↔ Britain, Mount Fuji ↔ Japan
💡 The Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks Rio de Janeiro, Angkor Wat is the largest temple in Cambodia, Stonehenge is an ancient stone circle in England, and Fuji is Japan's highest mountain.
Answer: The United States and Canada
💡 Niagara Falls is between the United States and Canada, while Iguazu Falls is between Brazil and Argentina, and Victoria Falls is between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Answer: Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
💡 The Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab are in Dubai, and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is in Abu Dhabi. Kingdom Tower is in Riyadh, and Abraj Al-Bait is in Makkah.
Answer: Jerusalem (Al-Quds)
💡 Al-Aqsa Mosque is in the city of Jerusalem (Al-Quds), and it is the third of the mosques to which people travel especially, after Al-Masjid Al-Haram and the Prophet's Mosque.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Tiny coral animals build limestone skeletons that pile up over thousands of years, forming the reefs that stretch near the coasts of Australia, with a layer of living coral on top.
Answer: Istanbul
💡 Hagia Sophia is in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, which used to be called Constantinople. Ankara is the capital.
Answer: Athens
💡 The Acropolis is in Athens, the capital of Greece, and it holds ancient Greek temples, the most famous being the Parthenon.
Answer: False ✖
💡 This is a common idea, but it is wrong. The wall is very narrow and can't be seen from the Moon; it is hard to make out with the eye even from low orbit around the Earth.
Answer: Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
💡 The Niagara River flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and partway along its course its waters plunge over Niagara Falls.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The tower began to lean while it was being built because its foundations are shallow in soft clay soil, and work has been done to stabilize it so it won't fall.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Burj Khalifa opened in January 2010 AD and was named in honor of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, may Allah have mercy on him.
Answer: A large opening at its top crossed by a bridge
💡 Kingdom Tower stands out with an arch-shaped opening at its top, crossed by a glass bridge for visitors, so from afar it looks like a ring.
