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http://users.erols.com/zenithco/tajmahal.html
The Taj Mahal Agra, India
Built by Mughal leader Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife.
http://www.nps.gov/stli/mainmenu.htm
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
~Emma Lazarus
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~brvs/kaaba.html
The Kaaba
Located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the Kaaba is the most sacred site for Muslims. A Muslim must take the hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca at least once in his/her life.
http://www.igc.apc.org/ddickerson/western-wall.gif
The Western Wall in Jerusalem: Also known as the
Wailing Wall
http://www.sacredsites.com/1st30/domeof.html
http://www.sacredsites.com/1st30/domeof.html
The Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem: This Muslim holy site was built on the remains of the Temple of Solomon, a holy site for Jews
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go-visual.asp?MFAJ01wh0
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem: This church was built on the site where Christians believe that Jesus Christ was crucified.
The Kremlin (means “fortress”)Moscow, Russia: now the seat of the Russian government and the center of the Russian Orthodox Church. Contains Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral.
http://wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~chouard/
The Eiffel Tower
Built in Paris for the 1889 World’s Fair.
The Parisians hated it at first. Now the tower stands as a symbol for the “City of Lights”
http://legis.state.va.us/vaonline/v.htm
http://www.tfaoi.com/am/8am/8am331.jpg
Virginia Capitol Building: Richmond
http://www.planetware.com/photos/US/DCWM3.HTM
The Washington Monument
This is the world’s largest obelisk outside of Egypt.
http://www.nps.gov/linc/
http://www.nps.gov/linc/symbol/symbol.htm
http://www.planetware.com/photos/US/DCLM1.HTM
http://www.fgsd.winnipeg.mb.ca/vmc/swaweb/cc/ccswow6.htm
The Pyramids at Giza
The ancient Egyptians used manual labor and wooden tools to build these magnificent tombs for pharoahs.
Remember:
• Regional landscapes reflect cultural characteristics of their inhabitants
• All cultures have specific styles of architecture
• Areas of different climates can be shown in building styles
• Statues and Monuments reflect religious and governmental aspects of cultures
Cultural Differences – Unifying or Dividing?
LanguagesArab World – ArabicHispanic World – SpanishBrazil – PortugueseCanada – English(Quebec) – FrenchSwitzerland – multiple languagesEnglish – universal language
Ethnic Heritage•Yugoslavia – Serbians, Bosnians,
Albanians, Croats•Burundi and Rwanda – Hutus/Tutsis•US and Switzerland – melting pot
(multiple)•Korea and Japan – single ethnicity•Cyprus – Greeks/Turks
Religion (as unifying)
•Hinduism – in India (90+ %)•Judaism – Israel/US/Europe•Buddhism – Asia (China)•Christianity – US (worldwide)•Islam – Muslim World (Middle East)
Religion (as dividing force)
• Conflicts between Hindus of India and Muslims of Pakistan
• Conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland (both are Christian denominations)
• Conflict between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all claiming Jerusalem as religious heritage site.