Jep. Geography and Capitals Flashcards
Value – Category – Clue
Answer
200 – EUROPEAN CAPITALS – Among its numerous city squares are Ledise, known for its cafes, & Rembrandt, known for its cabarets
Amsterdam
400 – EUROPEAN CAPITALS – In Russian this Lithuanian capital is called Vilna
Vilnius
600 – EUROPEAN CAPITALS – This city’s best-known thoroughfare is Trakt Krolewski, or Royal Way
Warsaw
800 – EUROPEAN CAPITALS – This capital lies on the Attica Plain surrounded by mountains including Parnes & Hymettus
Athens
1000 – EUROPEAN CAPITALS – In the 15th century, Henry the Navigator founded St. Mary’s Chapel in Belem, now a part of this European capital
Lisbon
400 – CANADIAN PROVINCIAL CAPITALS – In the mid-1880s, it was the capital of the Crown colony of Vancouver Island
Victoria
800 – CANADIAN PROVINCIAL CAPITALS – It’s the only provincial capital that lies on the shore of one of the Great Lakes
Toronto
1200 – CANADIAN PROVINCIAL CAPITALS – Lying about 175 miles north of Calgary, it’s known as the “Gateway to the North”
Edmonton
4000 – CANADIAN PROVINCIAL CAPITALS – This capital’s harbor is spanned by the Angus L. MacDonald & A. Murray MacKay suspension bridges
Halifax
2000 – CANADIAN PROVINCIAL CAPITALS – It’s the provincial capital closest to Europe
St. John’s
400 – GEOGRAPHY – Buffalo & Cleveland are major ports on this Great Lake
Erie
800 – GEOGRAPHY – This Atlantic “sea” is named for the seaweed that can be seen there
the Sargasso Sea
3000 – GEOGRAPHY – One of the 2 South American countries trying to claim Graham Land, part of the British Antarctic territory
Argentina (or Chile)
1600 – GEOGRAPHY – In 1951 Portugal allowed NATO to establish an airbase on the island of Terceira in this archipelago
Azores
2000 – GEOGRAPHY – It’s the capital & chief seaport of Trinidad & Tobago
Port-of-Spain
400 – AFRICAN CAPITALS – This capital was founded by North American settlers in 1822
Monrovia
1500 – AFRICAN CAPITALS – In 1993 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in a fierce battle in this capital
Mogadishu
1200 – AFRICAN CAPITALS – This picturesque Moorish city lies about 60 miles northeast of Casablanca
Rabat
1600 – AFRICAN CAPITALS – Tourist attractions in this city near Africa’s northern tip include the ruins of Carthage & other Punic towns
Tunis
2000 – AFRICAN CAPITALS – Muhammad Ali’s “Rumble in the Jungle” with George Foreman was fought in this city, then the capital of Zaire
Kinshasa
200 – GEOGRAPHY “B” – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links this borough & Staten Island
Brooklyn
400 – GEOGRAPHY “B” – This Missouri city is “the live music show capital of the world”
Branson
600 – GEOGRAPHY “B” – Zugspitze is the highest point in this mountain range
the Bavarian Alps