This is a PowerPoint presentation for my 8th grade Social Studies classes. It is the final one of the year - designed to give them some familiarity with well known landmarks from around the world.

1. 8th Grade Social Studies
… is proud to present…
… Your Final Mapping Quiz!!

2. Landmarks
of the World

3. You will mark all these
landmarks on your world
map on the front of your
packet.

5. Insert slide here with picture of one of the students modeling
the worksheet they will fill out as we go.
Includes photo of each landmark, country or state and two
facts about the landmark.
We are trying to teach our 8th graders to take better, less literal
notes. At the moment, they will write exactly what we tell them
to – no more, no less. This will be another exercise in using
judgment in what to put into their notes.

7. Angkor Wat
Cambodia

13. Aswan Dam
Egypt

17. Bullet Train
Japan

19. • The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world's busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying
375,000 passengers a day, it has transported more passengers (4.5 billion) than all
other high speed lines in the world combined. (-Wikipedia)
• 500 km/hr = 310 mph

21. Burj Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

27. Channel Tunnel
English Channel

34. Leaning Tower
of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

40. Christ the
Redeemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

45. Coliseum
Rome, Italy

49. Eifel Tower
Paris, France

55. Golden Gate
Bridge
San Francisco, California

62. Great Wall
of China
China

68. The Kremlin
Moscow, Russia

72. Cave Paintings
Lascaux, France

77. Machu Picchu
Andes Mountains, Peru

81. Western
Deeps Mine
South Africa

83. quot;The deepest mine in this region (Witwatersrand) is
currently Western Deep mine, a network of tunnels
which penetrates 3.5 km into the Earth's crust.“
- Hart-Davis, Adam. Deepest Mine. BBC and Open
University, 2002.

84. 3.5 kilometers = 2.17479917 mi

86. Moai
Easter Island, Ecuador

92. Great Mosques
Timbuktu, Mali

95. Mount
Rushmore
South Dakota, United States

99. Sidney Opera
House
Sidney, NSW, Australia

104. Acropolis
Athens, Greece

108. Pyramids
Giza, Egypt

114. Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain

120. St. Louis Arch
St. Louis, Missouri

125. Stonehenge
England, United Kingdom

129. Taj Mahal
Agra, India

132. Tikal
Guatemala

137. Trans Siberian
Railway
Russia

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