CHAPTER 1
Argentina
South AMERICA (continent)
ANDES (mountain range)
ARGENTUM (origin of name, from Latin word for "silver")
BEEF cattle (export)
BUENOS Aires (capital)
Laguna del CARBON (lowest point in Western Hemisphere)
CERRO Aconcagua (tallest mountain in Western Hemisphere)
DIEGO Maradona (soccer player)
ESTANCIAS (large cattle ranches)
FALKLAND Islands (ruled by Britain after war in 1982)
Iguazú FALLS (waterfall)
Tierra del FUEGO (group of islands)
GAUCHO (cowboy and folklore symbol)
GRAIN (product)
GUANACO (animal)
Natural HISTORY Museum (cultural institution)
JAGUAR (animal)
JORGE Luis Borges (poet)
LLAMA (animal)
PAMPAS (grasslands which are major agricultural resource)
PATAGONIA (cold, dry, windy region)
Juan PERÓN (former president)
PESO (currency)
PIRANHA (fish)
POLO (sport)
PUDU (smallest known deer)
RÍO de la Plata (river)
SAN Carlos de Bariloche (ski resort)
SPANISH (official language)
TANGO (dance)
Colón THEATER (grand opera house)
VALDÉS Peninsula (home to many marine mammals)
Australia
ABORIGINE (indigenous people)
ADELAIDE (city)
AYERS Rock (world's largest monolith)
BOOMERANG (used by Aborigines for hunting)
BRISBANE (city)
CANBERRA (national capital)
CRICKET (sport)
DAIRY products (export)
DIDGERIDOO (aboriginal musical instrument)
Australian DOLLAR (currency)
EMU (native bird)
Lake EYRE
Howard FLOREY (Nobel-prizewinning scientist)
GOLD (resource)
GREAT Victoria Desert
KANGAROO (indigenous animal)
KIWI (fruit)
KOALA (indigenous animal)
Mount KOSCIUSKO (highest peak)
James MCAULEY (poet)
MEAT (product)
MELBOURNE (city)
OPALS (world's largest concentration of)
PERTH (city)
Great Barrier REEF
Murrumbidgee RIVER
SHEEP (livestock)
SYDNEY (city)
Lake TORRENS
WINE (product)
WOMBAT (indigenous animal)
WOOL (product)
ZINC (resource)
Austria
ALPS (mountain range)
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger (actor/politician)
AUSTRIAN State Archives (library)
BEECH (tree)
BILLY Wilder (film director)
Vienna Boys' CHOIR (world famous choir)
DANUBE (river)
DEER (animal)
Christian DOPPLER (physicist)
EURO (currency)
FORESTS (cover 47% of total area)
FRANZ Josef (former emperor)
Sigmund FREUD (psychologist)
GERMAN (official language)
GREGOR Mendel (genetics scientist)
INNSBRUCK (site of 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics)
Gustav KLIMT (artist)
Fritz LANG (film director)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (composer)
Kunsthistorisches MUSEUM (Museum of Fine Arts)
The Sound of MUSIC (musical set in Austria)
Vienna State OPERA (cultural institution)
PARTRIDGE (animal)
SALZBURG (city)
Alpine SKIING (popular sport)
Lipizzaner STALLIONS (animal)
Johann STRAUSS (composer)
STRUDEL (dessert)
Schönbrunn TIERGARTEN (world's oldest zoo)
VIENNA (capital and largest city)
WALTZ (dance)
WIENER Schnitzel (popular dish)
Bolivia
ABUÑA (river)
ANACONDA (snake)
ANDES (mountains)
AYMARA (an official language)
BENI (river)
CATTLE ranching (industry)
CHICHA (liquor made from corn and other grains)
CHUNO (popular food made from potatoes)
COCHABAMBA (city)
COFFEE (product)
COPPER (resource)
Natural GAS (major export)
LLAMA (indigenous animal)
LLUCHU (knitted wool helmet)
MAHOGANY (product)
MINING (leading industry)
OIL (resource)
ORURO (city)
La PAZ (administrative capital)
PILCOMAYO (river)
PONCHO (typical clothing)
POOPÓ (lake)
POTOSÍ (one of the highest towns in the world)
PUMA (indigenous animal)
QUECHUA (an official language)
SAJAMA (highest peak)
SANTA Cruz (city)
SPANISH (an official language)
SUCRE (judicial capital)
SUGARcane (crop)
TIN (resource)
TITICACA (lake)
TOUCAN (indigenous bird)
VANILLA (crop)
ZINC (resource)
Brazil
Jorge AMADO (writer)
AMAZON (river and rain forest)
National Museum of Fine ARTS, Rio de Janeiro
BELÉM (city)
BRASÍLIA (capital)
Serra dos CARÁJAS (mountains)
CARNIVAL (festival)
COFFEE (leading export)
ÉRICO Veríssimo (writer)
Serra Geral de GOIÁS (mountains)
GOLD (resource)
IGUAÇU (river and falls)
IPANEMA (beach)
Antonio Francisco LISBOA (sculptor)
Joaquim MACHADO de Assis (writer)
MADEIRA (river)
MIRIM (lake)
Pico de NEBLINA (highest peak)
NEGRO (river)
Oscar NIEMEYER (architect)
PAPER (product)
Lagoa dos PATOS (171-mile-long lagoon)
Candido PORTINARI (artist)
PORTUGUESE (language)
RAIN FOREST
REAL (currency)
RIO de Janeiro (port city)
RUBBER (product)
RoadRUNNERS (indigenous birds)
SAMBA (dance)
SÃO Paulo (largest city)
SISAL (crop)
SOCCER (national sport)
SUGARloaf Mountain
Canada
Lake AGASSIZ (ancient glacial lake)
ALBERTA (province)
BAFFIN Island
BANFF National Park
Great BEAR Lake
BEAVER (indigenous animal)
Cape BRETON Island
CALGARY (city)
ELK (indigenous animal)
FISHING (industry)
GRAND Banks (best fishing area in world)
INUIT (northern indigenous people)
JASPER National Park
Stephen LEACOCK (writer)
Mount LOGAN (highest peak)
MACKENZIE River
MAPLE Leaf (national emblem)
Lt. Colonel John MCCRAE (author of "In Flanders Field")
Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (author of Anne of Green Gables)
MONTREAL (largest city)
MOOSE (indigenous animal)
NEWSPRINT (leading supplier of)
NIAGARA Falls
NICKEL (resource)
NOVA Scotia (province)
ONTARIO (province)
OTTAWA (capital)
QUEBEC (province and city)
Canadian ROCKIES (mountains)
SAINT Lawrence River TORONTO (city)
VANCOUVER (city)
Lake WINNIPEG
Chile
Isabel ALLENDE (novelist)
ANDES (mountains)
ARICA (city)
Claudio ARRAU (pianist)
ATACAMA Desert
Andrés BELLO (scholar and poet)
BÍO-Bío River
Alberto BLEST Gana ("Balzac of Chile")
Milodón CAVE
CERRO San Cristóbal (tourist site)
CONDOR (national bird)
COPPER (resource)
CUECA (folk dance)
EASTER Island (has over 600 huge stone statues)
EMPANADA (food)
Alonso de ERCILLA y Zuñiga (poet)
Petrohué FALLS (waterfall)
Tierra del FUEGO (archipelago)
GLACIER National Park
GOLD (resource)
IQUIQUE (leading port)
LAGO Todos los Santos (lake)
LLAMA (indigenous animal)
LOA (river)
Santa LUCÍA (fortress and garden)
Gabriela MISTRAL (Nobel-prizewinning poet)
MOAI (giant stone figures on Easter Island)
MUSEO Pre-Colombiano (museum)
Isla NEGRA (home of Pablo Neruda)
Pablo NERUDA (Nobel-prizewinning poet)
OJOS del Salada (volcano and second-highest peak in western hemisphere)
Le PAIGE Museum (houses mummies)
SANTIAGO (capital and largest city)
STRAIT of Magellan
VALPARAÍSO (city)
VILLARRICA (most active volcano)
WINE (product)
China
ACUPUNCTURE (traditional medical technique)
BEIJING (capital)
CALLIGRAPHY (art of writing)
COAL (resource)
ENAMEL (art form)
Mount EVEREST (highest peak)
FAN (decorative accessory)
FEN (currency)
FORBIDDEN City
Natural GAS (resource)
GOBI Desert (one of largest in the world)
HAINAN (large island in South China Sea)
Temple of HEAVEN (tourist site)
HIMALAYAS (mountains)
HUANG He (river)
KITE flying (popular activity)
KOKO Nor (lake)
LHASA (capital of Tibet)
LOP Nor (lake)
MANCHU Imperial Palace
MANDARIN (chief dialect)
MEKONG River
MONSOON rains
PAGODA (architectural style)
QUFU (home of Confucius)
RICE (crop)
STEEL (product)
TEA (crop)
TEXTILES (products)
Great WALL (1,500-mile-long wall)
WENQUAN (world's highest human settlement)
WHEAT (crop)
XINGANG (harbor)
YANGTZE (another name for the Chang Jiang, the longest river in Asia)
Costa Rica
ARENAL (volcano)
BEADwork (traditional craft)
Cordillera CENTRAL (mountain range)
CHIRRIPÓ Grande (highest peak)
CINCHONA (trees whose bark produces quinine)
COFFEE (crop)
COLÓN (currency)
ECOTOURISM (industry)
La FORTUNA (town)
Río FRÍO (river)
IRAZÚ (semiactive volcano)
Museo de JADE (jade museum in San José)
San JOSÉ (capital)
LIMÓN (port)
MARIMBA (musical instrument)
Roberto Brenes MESÉN (writer)
Joaquín García MONJE (writer)
Capuchin MONKEY (animal)
MONTEVERDE Cloud Forest Reserve
MUSEO de Oro (museum)
Cano NEGRO (wildlife refuge)
OSA Peninsula
PLAYA del Coco (beach)
POAS (volcano)
PUMA (indigenous animal)
PUNTARENAS (port)
RICE (crop)
RICH Coast (meaning of "Costa Rica")
Oscar Árias SÁNCHEZ (former president and winner of Nobel Peace Prize)
SLOTH (indigenous animal)
TABACÓN Hot Springs (mineral baths)
Cordillera de TALAMANCO (mountains)
TEXTILES (products)
Leatherback TURTLE
Puerto VIEJO (black sand beach)
Croatia
ADRIATIC Sea (border)
ARTUR Radzinski (musician)
BOL (beach)
CHESS (sport)
CORN (crop)
CROATIAN (official language)
DALMATIA (coastal region and origin of Dalmatian dog breed)
DEER (animal)
DINARA Peak (highest point)
DUBROVNIK (medieval city)
FLAX (crop)
FOOTBALL (sport)
HUM (world's smallest town)
HVAR (historic port)
ISLANDS (geographical feature)
KOLO (circle dance)
KUNA (currency)
Plitvice LAKES National Park (area of lakes and waterfalls)
Historical MUSEUM of Croatia (museum)
Diocletian PALACE (former emperor's home)
Slavoljub PENKALA (inventor of mechanical pencil)
PLASTICS (major industry)
Marco POLO (explorer born on island of Korcula)
SAVA River (longest river)
Natural SCIENCES Museum (museum)
SHIPS (major export)
SPLIT (coastal city)
Nikola TESLA (scientist)
YUGOSLAVIA (former name)
ZAGREB (capital)
ZLATNI Rat Beach (changes color according to wind)
Cuba
ANDY Garcia (actor)
Pearl of the ANTILLES (nickname)
BASEBALL (sport)
BEE Hummingbird (animal)
BOXING (sport)
CAUTO (largest river)
CHA CHA (dance)
CIGARS (product)
CITRUS fruits (export)
COFFEE (leading export)
Celia CRUZ (musician)
DESI Arnaz (musician/actor)
DOMINOES (popular game)
Gloria ESTEFAN (singer)
FIDEL Castro (longtime leader)
FISH (major export)
GUANTÁNAMO Bay (location of U.S. naval base)
HAVANA (capital)
ISLA de la Juventud (main island)
JOSÉ Martí (airport)
MAMBO (dance)
MANGER (prehistoric fish found only in Cuba)
National MUSEUM of Fine Arts (museum)
NICKEL (mineral resource)
Royal PALM (national tree)
PESO (currency)
Juan José SICRE (sculptor)
SPANISH (language)
SUGARCANE (crop)
TOBACCO (crop)
Isle of YOUTH (location of coral reefs)
Denmark/Greenland
AALBORG (port in Denmark)
AARHUS (port in Denmark)
CHEESE (product)
COD (fish/export)
COPENHAGEN (capital of Denmark)
CRYOLITE (mineral found in Greenland)
DUNDAS (strategic area in Greenland)
Hans EGEDE (missionary who began colonization of Greenland)
EGESKOV Castle (fortress built in 1554)
EJER Bavrehöj (mountain in Denmark)
ERIC the Red (founded first European settlement in Greenland in 986)
ESBJERG (city and port in Denmark) FOX (animal)
FURNITURE (industry)
Natural GAS (resource)
GLACIER
GODTHAAB (former capital of Greenland)
GUDENAA (river in Denmark)
HANS Christian Andersen (author)
HERRING (fish/export)
INUIT (Arctic people of Greenland)
Søren KIERKEGAARD (philosopher)
KRONE (currency)
LEAD (Greenland resource)
"Little MERMAID" (popular seaside sculpture)
NIKOLAI Grundtvig (poet)
ODENSE (city in Denmark)
Iron ORE (Greenland resource)
Harp SEAL (Greenland mammal)
SHIPbuilding (industry)
SILVER (resource of Denmark)
SJOA (river in Denmark)
TIVOLI Gardens (amusement park)
TUNDRA (treeless grassy land in Greenland)
ZINC (Greenland resource)
Dominican Republic
ALCÁZAR de Colón (palace)
AMBER (world's largest source of)
ARAWAK Indian caves (tourist site)
BASEBALL (national sport)
BAVARO (beach resort)
BOCA Chica (beach)
Juan BOSCH Gavión (former president)
CACAO (product)
Altos de CHAVÓN (replica of 16th-century Mediterranean village)
CIBAO Valley
COFFEE (product)
CONSTANZA (town)
CORDILLERA Central (mountain range)
Calle de las DAMAS (oldest street in the Americas)
Santo DOMINGO (capital and oldest city in the Americas)
Pico DUARTE (highest peak in the Caribbean)
Lago ENRIQUILLO (saltwater lake and lowest point in the Caribbean)
GOLD (resource)
Juan Luis GUERRA (musician)
HAINA River
La ISABELA (first European colony in the New World)
JURASSIC Park (parts filmed in the Dominican Republic)
MERENGUE (national dance)
Los Tres OJOS (cave with sweet, salt, and sulfur pools)
OZAMA (river)
PASEO de los Índios (park)
PESO (currency)
PLANTAINS (crop)
Puerto PLATA (city)
Oscar de la RENTA (fashion designer)
SANTIAGO de los Caballeros (city)
Sammy SOSA (baseball player)
TAÍNO (indigenous people)
TOURISM (industry)
YUMA (river)
Egypt
ALEXANDRIA (chief port)
Mosque of Mohammed ALI Pasha
ASWÂN (city and dam)
Khan-el Khalili BAZAAR
BEN Ezra (oldest remaining synagogue)
CACTUS (indigenous plant)
CAIRO (capital)
CAMEL (indigenous animal)
The CITADEL (fortress)
CLEOPATRA (queen of Egypt)
COBRA (royal symbol of ancient Egypt)
COTTON (crop)
Book of the DEAD (papyruses to guide the soul through the underworld)
EGYPTIAN Museum, Cairo
FELUCCA (ancient sightseeing boats on the Nile)
GÎZA (city)
Tawfiq al-HAKIM (social critic and playwright)
Mount HOREB (Biblical mountain, believed to be Mount Sinai)
JACKAL (indigenous animal)
JEBEL Katherîna (highest peak)
KHAMSIN (dry winds and sandstorms)
KHÂRGA (oasis)
Naguib MAHFOUZ (writer and Nobel laureate)
Lake NASSER
NILE River (world's longest river)
Crude OIL (resource)
Date PALM (indigenous tree)
PHARAONIC Village (living museum)
PYRAMID (structure for royal burial)
RAMSES (pharaoh)
RASHÎD (city where Rosetta Stone was found)
RICE (crop)
Anwar al-SADAT Memorial
Port SAID (city)
SINAI Peninsula
SPHINX (stone figure with lion's body and human head)
SUEZ Canal
TOMB of Tutankhamen (richly arrayed tomb for 18th-dynasty pharaoh)
ZAYAN Temple (partially excavated temple)
