This document provides brief overviews of several countries and cultural facts, including: The United States, China, Australia, and Sweden are discussed. Key facts mentioned include American independence day, the Great Wall of China, Australia's desert landscape, and Swedish midsummer celebrations. The purpose is to share a few fun facts about the cultures and histories of these nations in a short slideshow format. Proper attribution is given for all images used.

1. Our world Day!

2. U.S.A

3. Flag

4. Independance 4th of July constitution

5. Land of the Free White house Bald Eagle

6. China

9. Writing “Han Character” Japanese Korean Vietnamese

10. Australia

12. Sweden

13. Midsummer's eve old pagan celebration, dating back to the Viking Era The actual day of the celebration is also the longest day of the year Starts at 8pm and ends at sunrise.

14. Advent Sunday Advent is the period of four weeks immediately preceding Christmas. Each Sunday during this period a new candle is lit in a special Advent candlestick. This means that, on the fourth Sunday, there are four candles burning, and Christmas is about to begin.

15. This is only a few of the wonderful countries throughout our world, and a few fun facts about each. Hope you enjoyed our slideshow as much as we enjoyed researching these countries. All images in this PowerPoint accredited to google.com