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Landmarks and Relative Location

Landmarks and Relative Location. World-wide Recognition. When a natural or man-made feature of the earth is widely recognized beyond the place of its origin the sight of that feature or the mention of it causes this reaction in most educated people: I know the city where that is located . . .

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Landmarks and Relative Location

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  1. Landmarks and Relative Location

  2. World-wide Recognition • When a natural or man-made feature of the earth is widely recognized beyond the place of its origin the sight of that feature or the mention of it causes this reaction in most educated people: • I know the city where that is located . . . • I know the country where that is located . . . • I know the region where that is located . . .

  3. A few examples • The “Arch” in St. Louis, Missouri in the U.S.A. • The “Great Wall” in China • The “Grand Canyon” in the U.S. Southwest • St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City • The Colosseum in Rome, Italy • Now, let us view some . . . . . . .

  4. Other examples

  5. U.S. Capital Building, Washington, D.C.

  6. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California in the U.S.A.

  7. Big Ben in London, UK

  8. Stonehenge, UK

  9. The White House in Washington, D.C.

  10. Chitzen Itza in Mexico

  11. Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France

  12. Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

  13. Mt. Rushmore, U.S.A.

  14. Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.

  15. Space Needle in Seattle, Washington – U.S.A.

  16. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

  17. Eifel Tower in Paris, France

  18. Machu Picchu, Peru

  19. Tower Bridge, London, UK

  20. TajMahal, India

  21. Sphinx and Pyramid, Egypt

  22. Parthenon in Athens, Greecde

  23. Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy

  24. Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy

  25. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

  26. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

  27. Lotus Temple, India

  28. St Basil Cathedral. Moscow

  29. Ayers Rock in the Australian “Outback”

  30. Angkor Wat in Cambodia

  31. The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland

  32. "Christ the Redeemer" statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  33. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France

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