1. Pita
   Sourdough
2. Rye
   Pumpernickel

The sourness of your sourdough depends on how you prepare the dough before you bake it. You'll need to mix a batch of dough and let it ferment for about five days so bacteria can grow to the proper strength before baking a loaf.

1. Rye bread
   Wheat bread
2. Cornbread
   Pumpernickel

Rye is one of the world's most popular grains and is prevalent throughout western Europe and North America. It's known for being the main ingredient in many breads and whiskeys, and the grain has many noted health benefits.

1. Pita
   Pumpernickel
2. Matzah
   Naan

Pita is one of the most popular flatbreads around the world, and it comes in a few different variations, most notably, pocketed or un-pocketed. The Arab version features a pocket, the Greek version doesn't.

1. Challah
   Tortilla
2. Naan
   Arepa

The tortilla is so synonymous with Mexican food that most people refer to anything wrapped up in the bread as a tortilla, although that's just the name of the bread itself. It can be used to make a number of traditional Mexican dishes like tacos and enchiladas.

1. Paratha
   Olive bread
2. Brioche
   Chapati

A brioche bun can be eaten by itself as a snack or dessert, and it can be used for everything from a ham and cheese sandwich to a sweet breakfast. Sicilians serve gelato on brioche buns instead of cones or cups, and the French use it to make pastries.

1. Baguette
   Tortilla
2. Ciabatta
   Whole wheat bread

Cereal grains contain three parts, but most bread is made using just one part of the grain. These are called refined grains. A whole grain is a grain that consists of all three parts, and whole wheat, or whole grain bread, is bread milled from whole grains.

1. Pumpernickel
   Cornbread
2. Rye bread
   Wheat bread

Cornbread was created by Native Americans and today is made using cornmeal, which is flour made from dried corn. It's a dry and crumbly bread that is a staple of soul food in the United States. If you deep fry the dough instead of baking it, you'll get hush puppies.

1. Banana bread
   White bread
2. Whole wheat bread
   Injera

As plain and simple as white bread is, you'd think it would be the best selling bread in the country, but it isn't. The crown goes to whole wheat and multigrain bread. White bread is made with a refined grain that uses just one part of the grain instead of all three parts.

1. Matzah
   Poori
2. Banana bread
   Injera

Banana bread is a sweet and flavorful bread that almost resembles cake. The main ingredient is mashed bananas, and the bread is the perfect way to use overripe bananas that nobody wants to eat. It can also be flavored with additional ingredients like nuts and spices.

1. Brown bread
   Baguette
2. Focaccia
   Ciabatta

With food in general, including bread, the Italian and French seem to excel, and ciabatta bread is a perfect example. This bread has a thin crust that is hard and crispy on the outside and it's incredibly soft and holey inside.

1. Puri
   Roti
2. Focaccia
   Challah

The perfect focaccia is thin but airy inside and crisp and crunchy on the outside. The bread is baked in an oiled pan and then drizzled with oil, so it's a rather oily bread. It can be eaten on its own, topped with ingredients of your liking and even used for pizza.

1. Challah
   Brioche
2. Matzah
   Pumpernickel

Challah is sometimes known as egg bread and it is a rich, soft and sweet bread that has been enhanced with eggs. Its texture almost resembles brioche. It's usually braided before baking and served during special occasions

1. Arepa
   Naan
2. Yufka
   Injera

Bread is either leavened or unleavened, but just because it's leavened doesn't mean it can't be flat, and naan is an example of that. Naan looks just like pita (also flat but leavened), but it's made with ingredients like yogurt, milk or butter, making it softer in texture.

1. Soda bread
   Focaccia
2. Cornbread
   Challah

Soda bread features buttermilk and baking soda that fizz and bubble when they interact with each other, causing the bread to rise. It's a common quick bread and is rather simple to make. The technique can be used to make different types of breads (ex. brown soda bread or flat soda bread).

1. Challah
   Rye bread
2. Pumpernickel
   Tortilla

There are plenty of shortcuts to making pumpernickel, like using caramel or cocoa powder, but real German pumpernickel skips that stuff. You'll need to create a sourdough starter for real pumpernickel and it must be made from pure rye.

1. Southern toast
   Lone Star toast
2. Texas toast
   Cowboy toast

Texas toast is you normal toast except it's twice as thick as your normal toast. That's how things are done in Texas. If you're eating in the Lone Star state, you can expect to find this served alongside any traditional Southern meal.

1. Moses toast
   Ezekiel bread
2. Noah toast
   Abraham bread

Most bread is made from refined grains. A refined grain is about one-third of its original size. Whole grain bread uses the whole grain, and Ezekiel bread, or sprouted bread, uses whole grains that have sprouted.

1. Pullman loaf
   Standard loaf
2. Fisherman's loaf
   Universal loaf

If you visited a supermarket anytime in the past century, you've seen a Pullman loaf of bread. It's a rectangular loaf of bread and almost every major bread producer in the country mass bakes bread in this shape. The name comes from their use in the kitchens on trains.

1. Egg bread
   Olive bread
2. Cinnamon raisin bread
   Pumpernickel

It's unknown who discovered that cinnamon and raisin complemented each other so well in bread form, but simple raisin bread has been around since the 1600s at least. The swirls of cinnamon and brown sugar ramp the flavor up a notch, and this sweet mix is commonly found in bagel form as well.

1. Lavash
   Ciabatta
2. Panettone
   Olive bread

If you're looking for a savory bread, look no further than this bread that features salty Mediterranean flavors like black olive, garlic and basil. The best part is it only takes a couple of hours to make a loaf of this stuff, and it can be drizzled with olive oil and eaten anytime.

1. Vanocka
   Matzah
2. Bruschetta
   Garlic bread

The great thing about bread is that you can take any piece of bread, and with a little creativity, make an entirely new type of bread. Garlic bread is bread that is seasoned with garlic, herbs and oil or butter and re-baked. You can also season dough accordingly and make garlic bread from scratch.

1. Pumpernickel
   Baguette
2. Bruschetta
   Panettone

Bruschetta, like garlic bread, is a popular appetizer all over the world and is made by seasoning, re-cooking and dressing a piece of bread. Bruschetta is always seasoned with garlic and salt and is usually topped with tomato and herbs.

1. Baguette
   Boule
2. Mantou
   Croissant

If you know anything about food, you know the French take it seriously. Baguettes in France have been mandated by law since the early 20th century. They must be made on premises. They can never be frozen. They can only contain flour, water, salt and yeast and never preservatives. A true French baguette will go stale in a day.

1. Bara brith
   Puri
2. Marbled rye
   Cinnamon raisin

Marbled rye is just two types of rye dough rolled together and baked. Dark rye is often made by adding some cocoa to the recipe, and when it's rolled with light rye and baked, it creates a distinct pattern that gives the bread its name.

1. Boule
   Matzo
2. Yufka
   Lavash

You don't need to go full sourdough-starter to make this bread, but you're going to need about a day to proof the yeast. This mushed ball of bread translates to "ball" in French, and it's crusty on the outside and holey on the inside.

1. Bagel
   Croissant
2. Muffin
   Cracker

It's unknown what exactly makes NYC bagels so special. Some say it's the water, some say it's a myth, but one thing for sure is NYC bagels are known around the world. The bagel actually originated in Poland, but that doesn't stop the Big Apple from taking credit.

1. Challah
   Focaccia
2. Panettone
   Biscotti

This soft and sweet bread is an Italian staple at Christmas time and it's loaded with flavors like candied citrus peel, vanilla and raisins soaked in rum. You can't mistake it due to its cylindrical shape, and it's sometimes even sold in coffee cans.

1. Wafer
   Pita
2. Unleavened bread
   Flatbread

Unleavened bread has huge significance in religion, but it's also secularly influential in parts of the world (i.e. tortillas in Mexico, or parathas, shown here, a popular unleavened flatbread in Pakistan). Any bread that doesn't use yeast or anything that causes the dough to rise is considered unleavened bread. Most flatbreads are unleavened, but some, like pita, are leavened.

1. Roti
   Challah
2. Puri
   Sacramental bread

Anyone familiar with the Eucharist (Holy Communion) is familiar with these wafer-like pieces of bread that are served with wine at Christian church services. This bread is rarely if ever eaten outside a religious setting.

1. Croissant
   Bagel
2. Pretzel bread
   Hot dog bun

You can make your own pretzels or pretzel bread at home from scratch but there is a very thin line between pretzels and bagels, so you can't cut any corners when doing so. The key to good pretzel bread is boiling the dough in baking soda water before baking it. This allows for the brown crust pretzels are known for.

1. Chapati
   Puri
2. Injera
   Roti

Don't expect to see any utensils if you sit down and eat a traditional Ethiopian meal. What you'll see in place of utensils is injera, and lots of it. This spongy flatbread is used to grab food off your plate and is served with almost every meal.

1. Hoagie roll
   Sub roll
2. Hero roll
   All of the above

The hoagie, hero, sub, grinder or Italian roll is the de-facto roll for submarine sandwiches across the United States. The world-famous Italian sub, Philly cheesesteak or shrimp po' boy wouldn't exist without this bread. It takes on different names in different parts of the country.

1. Tortilla
   Puri
2. Pita
   Roti

India takes its unleavened bread to the next level by deep frying it to a soft poof and then serving it with either sweet or savory additions. The circles of dough poof up within seconds of deep frying, and the steam captured inside creates a warm and soft bread that can be eaten anytime.

1. Pita
   English muffin
2. Soda bread
   Naan

The Muffin Man who lived on Drury Lane was slinging English muffins around town, not the deliciously sweet muffins most Americans think of when they think of a muffin. These muffins are eaten at breakfast time in the U.K. and America, but aren't widespread around the world.

1. Roti
   Challah
2. Matzo bread
   Lavash

Matzo bread has a long tradition in religious celebration and is always eaten at Passover, which is the feast of unleavened bread. It's forbidden to eat leavened bread during Passover, and the bread is also used to make matzo ball soup.

1. Bagels
   Biscuits
2. Tortillas
   Arepas

Arepas differ from most unleavened breads around the world in that they are rather thick. The key to a good arepa is cooking it to crispy perfection on the outside and light and fluffy perfection on the inside. They can be stuffed with anything from cheese to meat, or eaten alone.

1. English muffin
   Bara brith
2. Roti
   Pumpernickel

Bara brith originated in the U.K. and it's commonly known as speckled bread because of its specks of dried fruit and spices. The dried fruit is usually soaked overnight in tea before being used, and marmalade and honey are used to sweeten the loaf.

1. Biscotti
   Ciabatta
2. Focaccia
   Panettone

These almond biscuits are a staple of the Italian diet. They are really dry and crunchy and are almost always eaten with a drink. Being that Italy is known for a wide variety of nuts, you can find biscotti made with almonds, pistachios, pine nuts and more.

1. Puri
   Berry bread
2. Roti
   Carrot bread

Carrot bread is made with shredded carrots or carrot juice and it resembles banana bread in texture. Its taste can go in many directions as any ingredient you like, from zucchini to raisins, can be added, and it's one of the most popular quick breads in the States.

1. Crackers
   Pita
2. Croutons
   Biscotti

It's unknown where these crunchy add-ons originated, but whoever decided to season and rebake a piece of bread created the perfect accompaniment to soups and salads. You can make simple croutons by seasoning any type of bread with some oil or butter and flavors like garlic and basil and then toasting, baking or sauteing it until crunchy.