Flashcards: World Heritage Sites in the United States

Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Tiwa-speaking Native American tribe of Puebloan people.

The Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves Ancestral Puebloan structures in North-Western New Mexico, United States, located close to the town of Aztec and Northeast of Farmington, near the Animas River.

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (roughly /pɑːpɑːˈhɑːnaʊmoʊˌkwɑːkeɪə/) is a World Heritage listed U.

Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and national preserve managed by the National Park Service in south central Alaska.

Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who began designing and building Monticello at age 26 after inheriting land from his father.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, is a United States National Park located in the U.

Mesa Verde National Park is a National Park and World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico.

Everglades National Park is a U.

The Alamo Mission in San Antonio, commonly called the Alamo and originally known as Misión San Antonio de Valero, is part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.

Yellowstone National Park is a national park located primarily in the U.

Glacier National Park is a national park located in the U.

Independence Hall is where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted.

The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (c. 600–1400 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain.

Kluane / Wrangell–St.

The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the union of the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and the Glacier National Park in the United States.

Poverty Point (French: Pointe de Pauvreté) (16 WC 5) is a prehistoric earthworks of the Poverty Point culture, now a U.

Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan or San Juan Antiguo) is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and the historic colonial section of the city of San Juan.