The World's Famous Landmarks

by Vocafy موثّق

إنجليزي (أمريكي) A2 15 سؤال سفر History & culture

Explore famous places around the world through simple clues about their shapes, locations, and history.

1. 1. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which tall iron tower is a famous symbol of Paris?

   • The Eiffel Tower
   • The Leaning Tower of Pisa
   • The CN Tower

   It has a wide base and gets narrower toward the top.

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   • The Eiffel Tower

   The Eiffel Tower was built for a world's fair and later became a symbol of Paris.

2. 2. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which statue holds a light high above New York Harbor?

   • Christ the Redeemer
   • The Great Sphinx
   • The Statue of Liberty

   The statue stands on an island and represents freedom.

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   • The Statue of Liberty

   The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States.

3. 3. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which famous wall crosses hills and mountains in China?

   • The Berlin Wall
   • The Great Wall
   • Hadrian's Wall

   People built it to help protect their land.

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   • The Great Wall

   The Great Wall is made of many sections built at different times, not just one continuous wall.

4. 4. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which landmarks near Cairo were built as tombs for ancient Egyptian kings?

   • The Pyramids of Giza
   • The temples of Abu Simbel
   • The temples of Luxor

   They have wide bases and pointed tops.

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   • The Pyramids of Giza

   The Pyramids of Giza stand near the Great Sphinx, a stone figure with a lion's body.

5. 5. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which famous tower in Italy stands at an angle instead of straight up?

   • The Eiffel Tower
   • The Leaning Tower of Pisa
   • The Tower of London

   The ground under one side was too soft to support it.

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   • The Leaning Tower of Pisa

   The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower beside a church.

6. 6. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which large statue stands above Rio de Janeiro with its arms open?

   • The Statue of Liberty
   • The Great Sphinx
   • Christ the Redeemer

   It stands on a mountain, high above the city.

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   • Christ the Redeemer

   Christ the Redeemer looks over Rio de Janeiro, a city in Brazil.

7. 7. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which ancient building in Rome was a place where crowds watched people fight?

   • The Colosseum
   • The Pantheon
   • The Parthenon

   It has an oval shape, with seats around a central space.

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   • The Colosseum

   The Colosseum had seats for thousands of people, much like a modern stadium.

8. 8. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which building beside Sydney Harbor has white roofs that look like sails?

   • The Taj Mahal
   • The Sydney Opera House
   • The Colosseum

   Visitors go there to enjoy music and theater.

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   • The Sydney Opera House

   The Sydney Opera House has several performance spaces, so it offers more than opera.

9. 9. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

   Which orange-red bridge connects San Francisco to the land to the north?

   • Tower Bridge
   • The Brooklyn Bridge
   • The Golden Gate Bridge

   Its name suggests a color different from the one you see.

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   • The Golden Gate Bridge

   The Golden Gate Bridge gets its name from the narrow passage of water below it, not its color.

10. 10. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    Which white stone building in Agra, India, did a ruler build in memory of his wife?

    • The Taj Mahal
    • The Red Fort
    • The Lotus Temple

    It has a large round roof and four tall towers around it.

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    • The Taj Mahal

    The Taj Mahal is a tomb, with gardens and a long pool in front of it.

11. 11. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    What is the name of the famous large bell inside London's Elizabeth Tower?

    • Tower Bridge
    • Big Ben
    • The London Eye

    People often use this name for the whole clock tower.

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    • Big Ben

    Big Ben is the bell's nickname. The tower itself is called Elizabeth Tower.

12. 12. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    Which ancient landmark in England has huge stones arranged in a circle?

    • Hadrian's Wall
    • The Tower of London
    • Stonehenge

    Some stones stand upright, with other stones resting across their tops.

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    • Stonehenge

    At Stonehenge, the sun rises near a special stone on the longest day of the year.

13. 13. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    Which ancient Inca site sits high in the mountains of Peru?

    • Machu Picchu
    • Chichén Itzá
    • Petra

    It has stone buildings and wide, flat steps cut into the green mountain slopes.

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    • Machu Picchu

    At Machu Picchu, many stone walls were built without cement between the stones.

14. 14. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    Which ancient city in Jordan is famous for buildings cut into pink rock?

    • Pompeii
    • Petra
    • Machu Picchu

    Visitors walk through a narrow passage between high rock walls to reach it.

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    • Petra

    Petra was an important stop for traders traveling through the desert.

15. 15. اختيار الإجابة الصحيحة.

    Which large temple in Cambodia was first built for the Hindu god Vishnu?

    • The Parthenon
    • The temples of Abu Simbel
    • Angkor Wat

    It has several tall towers and a wide area of water around it.

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    • Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat later became a Buddhist temple. Its image also appears on Cambodia's flag.