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FAMOUS PLACES OF THE WORLD Social Studies 8 - Geography Unit Project

For this project, you will be researching one of the world's famous places. In your project, you will incorporate each of the five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, regions, and movement. 2. Your project must include the following information:LOCATION:
 * Give a relative location for your place (ex: the Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France)
 * Give the absolute location (latitude and longitude) for your place (ex: 49º N, 120º.W)

PLACE: > Climate (tropical, temperate, etc.)> Land forms (volcanoes, valleys, deserts, etc.)> Indigenous plants and animals> Others > Language> Clothing> Customs (traditions, festivals, etc.)> Architectural styles> Government> Others Make sure that you answer the following research questions in your presentation! HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: REGIONS:
 * A description of your famous place (Why is is famous?)
 * Give some physical characteristics of the country/area in which your famous place is found:
 * Give some human characteristics of the country/area in which your famous place is found:
 * How does the surrounding environment where your place is located affect the people? (ex.: climate affecting which foods can be produced and which housing styles exist; resources affecting clothing styles)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">How do people positively and negatively affect the surrounding environment where your place is located? (ex.: damming water sources, preserving habitat of endangered animals)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Is the country/area in which your famous place is located part of a particular geographic region? (ex.: language, government, religion, developing country, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Is the country/area in which your famous place is located part of a particular cultural region? (ex.: language, government, religion, developing country, etc.)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">MOVEMENT: <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">2. Your project must also include the following components:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">How are people, products, and information moved in the country/area in which your famous place is located? (ex.: people and products = train, car, on foot: Ideas= television, internet)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A large, good quality drawing or photo of your famous place
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A world map with the location of your famous place marked on it

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">3. How you choose to display the learning about your famous place is up to you. Some choices are:Powerpoint poster written report oral presentation with visual guide <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">4. Check your rubric for evaluation details.Choose your topic from one of the places listed below. Begin by checking one of the following sites for general information on your topic: <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|World Book Encyclopedia] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Britannica School Middle] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.349998474121094px;">(If asked for a password and id get the information from Mrs. in't Veld)

<span style="color: #950707; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Remember that you should __**always**__ use at least 3 different resources (websites, books, encyclopedias, etc.) to gather information about your topic. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use the following websites to check for detailed information about the geography of the area where your place is located. <span style="color: #16a416; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Remember, that in order to obtain information about the geography of your site you will also need to research information about the country where this site is located. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Background Notes/Country Fact Sheets] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|BBC News: Country Profiles] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|CIA: The World Factbook] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|National Geographic: Travel & Cultures] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Altapedia Online]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Acropolis of Athen] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Acropolis, Athen] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Angel Falls:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canaima National Park] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Angel Waterfall of Venezuela - The World's Highest Waterfall] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Angkor Wat: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Angkor Archaeological Park][|Cambodia.com] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Arc de Triomphe:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Arc de Triomphe Paris] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Arc de Triomphe] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Aswan Dam:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Aswan High Dam] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Aswan High Dam Aswan High Dam Controls The Nile River] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|How Stuff Works: The Aswan Dam] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Ayer's Rock (Uluru):** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ayers Rock, Uluru] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ayers Rock (Uluru) Australia, Northern Territory] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Baalbek:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Baalbek - A Colossal Enigma] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Baalbeck (Baalbek)] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Bermuda Triangle:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|How the Bermuda Triangle Works] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|The Bermuda Triangle] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bermuda Triangle: Behind the Intrigue] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The "Mystery" of the Bermuda Triangle] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bermuda Triangle Theories] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Big Ben:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|London's Big Ben] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Big Ben Saint Stephen's Tower] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Borobudur:** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Borobudur] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Borobudur] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Buckingham Palace:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Buckingham Palace, London] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Buckingham Palace] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Virtual Rooms] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Chichen Itza:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Chichen Itza] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Chichen Itza - WikiTravel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Chichén Itzá - National Geographic] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Colosseum:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Colosseum, Rome] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Roman Coliseum] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|GreatBuildings Page Archiplanet Page Roman Colosseum] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Colosseum] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Crater Lake:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crater Lake National Park, Oregon] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Facts about Crater Lake] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Welcome to Dracula's Castle] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dracula's Castle] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Easter Island:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Easter Island Home Page] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Easter Island - Wikitravel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Easter Island - National Geographic] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Eiffel Tower] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Eiffel Tower Profile and Visitors' Guide] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|THE EIFFEL TOWER] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Grand Canyon:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Go to GRAND CANYON Explorer home page The Geology of the Grand Canyon] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Grand Canyon National Park - National Geographic] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Great Barriere Reef:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Welcome to the Great Barrier Reef] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Australian Government - Great Barriere Reef Marine Authority] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Great Barriere Reef - National Geographics] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Great Barrier Reef - WWF] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Great Wall of China: China Highlights] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Great Wall of China: Travel China Guide] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|China Mike: The Great Wall of China History and Facts] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**K2:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|K2: Second Highest Mountain in the World] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|K2 - Climbing the Savage Mountain] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Kilimanjaro:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mount Kilimanjaro National Park] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mount Kilimanjaro - Wikitravel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Kilimanjaro National Park] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Kremlin:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Moscow Kremlin] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Moscow's Kremlin] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Kremlin] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Laetoll (Footprints):** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laetoli Footprints] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laetoli Footprint Trails] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laetoli (Tanzania)] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada History] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|World Heritage Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Leaning Tower of Pisa] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa ever fall? - How Stuff Works] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Leaning Tower of Pisa] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Lochness Lake:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Loch Ness - Wiki Travel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|A Closer Look at Loch Ness] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Loch Ness Water - Facts and Info] **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Louvre: ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Louvre Museum] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Louvre Museum in Paris] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Machu Picchu:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Machu Picchu - Wikitravel] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Destination: Machu Picchu] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Matterhorn:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Matterhorn - Monte Cervino] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Matterhorn: Switzerland’s Most Famous Mountain Fast Facts About Matterhorn] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mauna Loa Earth's Largest Volcano] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mauna Loa Volcano] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mauna Loa Facts for Kids] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ming Tombs (Thirteen Tombs of Ming Dynasty)] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Thirteen Ming Tombs in Beijing] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ming Tombs (Shi San Ling)] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ming Tombs Beijing] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Mt. Everest:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|MOUNT EVEREST HISTORY/FACTS] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Donate OnlineMt. Everest Information] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mount Everest: Highest Mountain in the World Fast Facts About Mount Everest] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mount McKinley (Denali)] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Denali National Park & Preserve - Alaska] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Denali Park Alaska Travel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mt. Pinatubo - the Philippines] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mount Pinatubo Eruption The Volcanic Mount Pinatubo Eruption of 1991 that Cooled the Planet] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Explore Mount St Helens...Discover Ecosystems in Action] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mt. St. Helens - Facts and Figures] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Savage Planet: Volcanic Killers - PBS] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Devastation and Recovery at Mt. St. Helens] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Facts about Niagara Falls] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Niagara Falls - Geology Facts and Figures] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Niagara Falls Facts] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Facts about Niagara Falls] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Panama Canal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Panama Canal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Panama Canal Museum] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Pompeii:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Pompeii - Wikitravel] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Pompeii: Portents of Disaster] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Pompeii - the city of Pompeii] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**ShweDagon Pagoda:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Shwedagon Pagoda] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Shwedagon Pagoda] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Shwedagon Pagoda, the golden statement in Myanmar] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Sphinx:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Guardian of the Horizon] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is the Great Sphinx?] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|History of the Egyptian Sphinx] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">**Statue of Liberty:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation Inc.] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Statue of Liberty] <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|Statue of Liberty] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|History and Research: Stonehenge] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Stonehenge - National Geographic] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Stonehenge - Wikitravel] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|​Sydney Opera House] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sydney Opera House:History, Pictures, Information] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sydney Opera House] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Taj Mahal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Taj Mahal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Taj Mahal, Agra, India] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Explore the Taj Mahal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Taj Mahal] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tikal National Park, El Peten - Guatemala] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tikal National Park] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; 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