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Italia! The country that looks like a high-heeled boot jutting into the Mediterranean Sea.

Join us as we journey to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Italy. Enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?
Italian is Italy’s official language, which has its roots in the ancient and dead language of Latin.
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Rome is the capital of Italy and is more than 2500 years old.
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Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy.
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Rome was also the capital of the Roman Empire, which was—about 2,000 years ago—the most powerful and rich empire around.
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Most Italians eat pasta at least once a day.
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Most people in Italy shop in several stores and outside markets for their food, not one big supermarket.
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The country is made up of twenty regions, which often speak in their own dialect of Italian and eat their own regional food dishes.
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The two biggest desert islands of the Mediterranean Sea are located on the southern part of Italy and are known as Sicily and Sardinia.
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Luciano Pavarotti, an Italian Opera tenor, is know as one of the most famous singers in the world.
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The most famous Italian dance is know as the Tarantella.
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India! Home to the world's highest mountain range, the Himalaya.

Join us as we journey to Asia. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to India. Enjoy!

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India is part of the continent of Asia.
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The Lotus is the national flower of India.
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There are 22 official languages in India with Hindi being the most commonly spoken language.
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Society throughout India is divided into social ranks, called castes. Caste is determined by birth and there is almost no way to change it.
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India is the seventh largest country in the world.
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India borders seven countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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The Tiger is the national animal of India.
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The capital city is New Delhi, while the most populated city is Mumbai.
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The peacock is the national bird of India.
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India is the only country in the world with both lions and tigers.
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Russia! The world's largest country.

Join us as we journey to the northern part of Eurasia. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Russia. Enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?
Russia is double the size of Australia.  It is a huge country!
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A flight to Moscow takes almost 9 hours from New York/USA.
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The capital of Russia is Moscow and its largest city.
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Russia has coasts on three oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Arctic.
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Russia borders 14 countries.
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Russia has the world's longest railway called the Trans-Siberian that spans nearly the whole country.
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Lake Baikal (baykal) is the deepest lake in the world and contains about 20% of the worlds freshwater.
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Russia is known around the world for its thinkers and artists, including writers like Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky, composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and ballet dancers like Rudolf Nureyev.
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The Siberian tiger (Amur tiger) is the largest cat in the world and lives in the Siberian Alps in Russia.
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Russia has the world’s largest area of forests.
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Brazil! The largest country in South America and 5th largest country in the world.

Join us as we journey to the continent of South America . Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Brazil. Enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?
Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
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The official Language of Brazil is Portuguese and is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.
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Brazil's capital city is Brasilia.

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Brazil is home to the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon.
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Thousands of species live in the Amazon river, including the infamous piranha and the pink river dolphin also known as the boto.
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The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.
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Brazil is also home to the world’s largest carnival  where around 2 million people take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to enjoy music, dancing, elaborate costumes and parades.
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A wide range of animals, including armadillo, tapirs, jaguars and pumas can be found in Brazil.
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Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
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Iguazu Falls is located in Brazil and Argentina and is considered one of the seven wonders of nature and the most beautiful waterfall in the world.
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Egypt! Famous for its ancient civilization, the Ancient Egyptians, who date back to around 3150 B.C.

Join us as we journey across the border. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Egypt. Enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?
The Egyptians invented the 365-days a year calendar!
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The official language of Egypt is Arabic, but others languages such as English and French are understood.

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Most Ancient Egyptian pyramids were built as tombs for pharaohs (rulers of Ancient Egypt) and their families.

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The hieroglyphic writing was the earliest script form of Egyptian. This writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters.

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The ancient Egyptians left paintings and carvings of large animals like elephants, hippos, leopards, and cheetahs.

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The capital city of Egypt is Cairo and is the most populated city.

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Elephants, hippos, leopards and cheetahs were once common in Egypt, but they are now rare or extinct.

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Over 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt.

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Egypt is divided into two sections: Upper Egypt in the south and Lower Egypt in the north. The sections are named this way because the Nile flows from south to north.

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The Ancient Egyptians invented lots of things we still use today, such as paper, pens, locks and keys and – believe it or not – toothpaste!

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Spain is the birthplace of the Spanish language, the second most popular language in the world.

Join us as we journey across the border. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Spain. Enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?
Spain is a colorful country known for its fiestas, flamenco dancing and bull runs.
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In Spain the ‘Tomatina’ Festival is the world's biggest food fight where people throw tomatoes at each other.
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Madrid is Spain’s capital and largest city.
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Spain has four official languages: Castilian (Spanish), Basque, Catalan, and Galician.
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Spain is the second largest country in Western Europe after France.
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Families usually eat dinner at 9:00 and don’t go to bed until midnight or later.
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Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali – two of the most important artists of the 20th century- were both from Spain.
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The Spanish guitar was invented in Andalusia, Spain in the 1790’s.
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Soccer is Spain’s national sport and they call it fútbol.
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The Tower of Hercules is the the world's oldest lighthouse and located in Spain. It was constructed in the 1st century and still stands today!
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Japan! A small country made up of four main islands and over 6,000 smaller islands.

Join us as we journey to East Asia. Here, you’ll find resources to help you take a adventure to Japan. Enjoy!

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Japan is the oldest monarchy in the world and has an emperor.
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The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
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Sumo is Japan's national sport, although baseball is also very popular.
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Children in Japan go to school Monday through Friday, plus a half day on Saturday and only have one month off from school, during the school year.
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In Japan, there are more than 108 active volcanos.
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Japanese people catch and eat more fish than any other country in the world.
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In Japan, students at most schools have to wear school uniforms.
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The people of Japan call their country "Nippon", which means "the land of the rising sun".
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Japan experiences over 1,000 earthquakes every year.
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In Japan, people bow to greet each other. They do not shake hands.
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