World GeographySOL WG.4 “Cultural Landscapes”

By

Mr. Singleton

Latin America & the Caribbean

Incan City - Machu Picchu (above)Mayan City - Tikal (above)

Mayan Pyramid at Chichen Itza (right)

Europe (France)

Parisian Nights• Arc de Triomphe

(above)• The Louvre (below)

The Eiffel TowerGothic Cathedrals• Chartres (above)• Notre Dame (below)

La GrandeArche

Europe (Great Britain)

From Left to Right:• Big Ben• A windmill• Westminster Abbey• Stonehenge• A Scottish castle

Europe (Greece & Italy)

Clockwise from Bottom Left:• Leaning Tower of Pisa• The Parthenon• The Roman Forum• The Cathedral of Florence• The Colosseum (Coliseum)• The Pantheon• St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

The United States & Canada (1)

Clockwise from Bottom Left:• U. S. Capitol Building• The White House• Fanueil Hall (Boston)• French-Canadian Stop Sign• Independence Hall

(Philadelphia)• The Statue of Liberty• Jefferson’s Monticello• The Golden Gate Bridge

The United States & Canada (2)Counter-Clockwise from Bottom Left:• St. Louis Gateway Arch• The Mall of America (top)• The Empire State Building (bottom)• The Flatiron Building (NYC Skyscraper)• The World Trade Center (pre-9/11)• The Sears Tower (Chicago)• Washington D. C. Beltway © 1960s• A Wheatfield• The United Nations Headquarters

(NYC)

Southwest Asia (the Middle East)Jerusalem Sites (From Left to Right):• Church of the Holy

Sepulcher• The Dome of the Rock• The Western Wall (top left)• Jerusalem City Wall (bottom left)

Istanbul Sites:• Hagia Sophia (above)• Suleyman Mosque (right) Other Middle Eastern Sites:

• An Oil Rig (above left)• The Kaaba in Mecca (above right)

Africa (Northern & Sub-Saharan)

Clockwise from Top Left:• Great Zimbabwe (SE Africa)• A Bazaar or suq (N. Africa)• The Sphinx (Egypt)• The Pyramids at Giza

(Egypt)

Russia & Central AsiaCounter-Clockwise from Top Left:• A Siberian village• St. Basil’s Cathedral• Soviet-style Apartment Building• The Kremlin• Red Square

South & Southeast Asia2 Views of Angkor Wat in Cambodia (Left & Right)

From Left to Right:• A Floating Market• The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia• The Taj Mahal in India

East Asia

The Great Wall of China (above)

2 Examples ofJapanese-stylearchitecture, oftencalled “pagoda”(right & bottom)

Australia, the Pacific Islands & Antarctica

Pacific Island Thatched Roof House

Antarctic Research Station Sydney Opera House (Australia)