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WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND FAMOUS MONUMENTS Review for the final exam Seven Man-made Wonders of the World
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Wonders of the World Seven Natural Wonders of the World O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7ehYPWBtk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7ehYPWBtk Seven Wonders of the World, Old and New (2:36) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UMNb5yKJg Seven Man-Made Wonders of the World (7:50) O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lka9A7IRYz8http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=Lka9A7IRYz8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lka9A7IRYz8http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=Lka9A7IRYz8 25 Places to See before You Die (Note: Santorini is a Greek Island) O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4tkrJ563b0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4tkrJ563b0 25 Maps that Will Change the Way You Look at the World O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXB1Z_CxBK0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXB1Z_CxBK0 Things You Won’t Believe Exist in Nature O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7AlgAuHZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7AlgAuHZA 25 Things You Have to See to Believe O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyz0QYFq8bc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyz0QYFq8bc
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World’s Most Unusual Buildings O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEI4du7 EH5g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEI4du7 EH5g
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England Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace
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England The Tower of London Tower Bridge
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England: Windsor Castle
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England The White Cliffs of Dover Stonehenge
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Paris, France The Eiffel Tower Notre Dame de Paris
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Paris, France Arc de Triomphe The Louvre Museum and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
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The Palace of Versailles near Paris
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France The Beaches of Normandy: D-Day Invasion The French Riviera
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Rome, Italy The Colosseum The Pantheon
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Rome, Italy: The Forum
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Rome, Italy The Trevi Fountain
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Pisa, Italy: The Leaning Tower of Pisa Il Torre Pendente
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Italy: Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius
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Venice, Italy St. Mark’s Square Venice
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Venice, Italy Rialto Bridge
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Barcelona, Spain La Sagrada Familia
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Barcelona, Spain Casa Mila Parc Guell
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Berlin, Germany The Brandenburg Gate
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Berlin Wall and East Side Gallery
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Neuschwanstein Castle “King Ludwig’s Castle”
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Holland: Windmills and Tulips
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Holland: Polders
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Copenhagen, Denmark The Little Mermaid Statue
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Athens, Greece The Acropolis The Parthenon
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Olympia, Greece
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Oia, Santorini Greece
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Moscow, Russia: St. Basil’s Cathedral
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St. Petersburg, Russia: The Winter Palace
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Russia: Siberia
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Mexico: Chichen Itza
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Peru: Machu Picchu
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Peru: The Nazca Lines
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Chile: Easter Island
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Rio de Janiero, Brazil Christ the Redeemer
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Angel Falls Venezuela
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Egypt The Pyramids at Giza The Sphinx
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United Arab Emirates: Dubai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY0Uuyf8Xhw Dubai’s Rotating Building http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1XY2S5VU8U Definitely Dubai – 1 min travel video
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Istanbul, Turkey: Hagia Sophia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usp6GLrzdws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng--WLT0Xjc
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Jerusalem, Israel The Wailing Wall The Dome of the Rock
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India: The Taj Mahal
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China The Great Wall The Forbidden City
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Australia: Ayers Rock The Sydney Opera House
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New Zealand: Natural Beauty and Hobbiton
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The United States: Mount Rushmore
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The Statue of Liberty
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The Empire State Building
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Pearl Harbor Memorial Hawaii
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Fun Facts O Bangkok, Thailand is the capital with the longest name. It’s official name is: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit." O Which means: “The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (unlike Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.”
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Fun Facts O It is possible to walk around the world in a few seconds! O …if you’re standing at the geographic North or South Pole, that is.
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Fun Facts O It would take 11 Empire State buildings stacked on top of each other to reach the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico!
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Fun Facts O Deserts don’t have to be hot. Most of Antarctica is a desert. In fact, there are places in Antarctica where it hasn’t rained for 2 million years!
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Fun Facts O Fake neighborhoods were built on top of a Boeing plant in Seattle and a Lockheed Martin plant in California during WWII so that enemy aircraft on bombing raids wouldn’t bomb the plant and stop our fighter plane production.
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Fun Facts O The Oceans of the world are really just one huge body of water that covers 75% of the Earth’s surface. O We call them the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans. O The 5 largest seas are: O Coral, Arabian, China, Caribbean, and Mediterranean
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Fun Facts O The three longest rivers in the world are: O 1. Nile (4,160 miles) O 2. Amazon (4,000 miles) O 3. Yangtze (3,964 miles)
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