UNESCO World Heritage Quiz: Do You Know All of These Protected Sites?

Maybe you've come across a UNESCO sign a time or two on your travels. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Based in Paris, France, the agency's goal is "to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information."

In doing so, the organization has created World Heritage Sites in order to promote international cooperation and to preserve natural and cultural heritage all over the globe. Many of these sites are world famous national parks, historical cities, or impressive landmarks worth protecting. 

Do you think you can name the 20 we've chosen for this list? Then, let's get started!

"UNESCO is the conscience of the United Nations," UNESCO's former director-general Federico Mayor Zaragoza once said. Explore this conscience by taking our thrilling geography quiz! Travel all over the world in this fun online quiz and visit incredible UNESCO sites, from the well-known to the lesser known.

From Asia to Europe, from South America to Africa, take a tour of natural sites and manmade ones with our fun UNESCO quiz. This geography quiz will launch you on your own heritage journey where you might just discover what's worth protecting. Next time you travel, you'll spot every UNESCO sign bolted around landmarks across the world!

Geography is so much more than pins in maps; it's experiences. When you know the world, you travel it. And when you travel it, you know more about the world. So, if geography is your go-to subject, then you'll ace our collection of geography quizzes.

UNESCO is where it begins, but there's more – we have loads of other fun geography quizzes to choose from. Go on an adventure with our Treasure Map quizzes. Are you wondering where in the world is QuizGriz? Then try your luck with that titled series. If you think you have a world of knowledge in your back pocket, then our geography quizzes were made for you.