Places

Georgia is a small nation in the South Caucasus, wedged between the Black Sea and the Greater Caucasus Mountains, where Eastern Europe meets Western Asia. Its capital, Tbilisi, sits on the Mtkvari River, but the country’s single most recognized image is Gergeti Trinity Church, a fourteenth century stone church set beneath the glaciated summit of

Germany is Central Europe’s most populous country and its largest economy, a federal republic whose 1990 reunification ended more than four decades of Cold War division. Its capital, Berlin, still carries the physical and symbolic marks of that division, but the country’s single most recognized image is Neuschwanstein Castle, the nineteenth century Bavarian palace whose

Ghana is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. Formerly the British colony of the Gold Coast, it became independent in 1957, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to break from European colonial rule, and its capital, Accra, sits on the Atlantic coast.1 Geography Ghana

Greece is the southernmost country of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, a nation whose Classical Athenian civilization laid foundations for Western philosophy, democracy, and science that are still felt worldwide. Its capital, Athens, is home to the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the temple that remains the single most recognizable symbol of ancient Greek achievement.1

Grenada is a small island nation in the southeastern Caribbean best known as the “Spice Isle,” the world’s second-largest producer of nutmeg after Indonesia. Its capital, St. George’s, wraps around a horseshoe-shaped harbor called the Carenage, overlooked by the eighteenth-century Fort George, one of the most photographed views in the Eastern Caribbean. Beyond its spice

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco and one of the country’s largest cities. Founded by Spanish colonists in the 16th century, it is widely regarded as the birthplace of mariachi music and is home to two distinct UNESCO-recognized landmarks within its historic center. Where Is Guadalajara Located? Guadalajara sits on a

Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and home to more Indigenous Maya people than any other nation in the region. Its ancient city of Tikal, whose stepped stone pyramids rise above the rainforest canopy of the Peten lowlands, is one of the most recognized archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere and the