Cities

Question 1

This city is the holiest city of Islam located in the west of Saudi Arabia.

Answer 1

Mecca

Question 2

The second largest city in Switzerland is known as a major financial and diplomacy center.

Answer 2

Geneva

Question 3

This is the largest city in southeast Asia, it is located at the mouth of the Ciliwung River and is the capital of the world’s largest archipelago.

Answer 3

Jakarta

Question 4

Which body of water is due east of Washington, D.C.?

Answer 4

Chesapeake Bay

Question 5

Name the capital of the only South American country that borders the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Answer 5

Bogota

Question 6

This city, the largest on the island of Java is also the the capital of its nation.

Answer 6

Jakarta

Question 7

The world’s southernmost national capital is on an island country that is famous for its glaciers and fjords. Name this city.

a) Wellington
b) Santiago
c) Canberra

Answer 7

Wellington

Question 8

In July 1998 Russia planned to bury the remains of the last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family in the former imperial capital city. Give the present-day name of this city?

Answer 8

St. Petersburg

Question 9

In February 1998 President Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia escaped an assassination attempt as his motorcade drove through his country’s capital city. Name this city.

Answer 9

Tbilisi

Question 10

Western Canada’s most populous metropolitan area has a large number of Chinese immigrants. Name this city.

Answer 10

Vancouver