World Cities Flashcards

1
Q

World’s Oldest Walled City

A

Jericho

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2
Q

World’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City

A

Damascus

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3
Q

Northernmost World Capital

A

Reykjavik

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4
Q

Southernmost World Capital

A

Wellington

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5
Q

World Capital Highest in Elevation

A

La Paz

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6
Q

European Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Madrid

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7
Q

Asian Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Thimphu, Bhutan

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8
Q

North American Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Mexico City

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9
Q

City with Most Fountains

A

Rome

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10
Q

The Waltz City

A

Vienna

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11
Q

The Jewel of the Adriatic

A

Venice

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12
Q

City of Lights

A

Paris

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13
Q

Pearl of the Orient

A

Manila

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14
Q

City of Bridges

A

Stockholm

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15
Q

Formerly Known as Christiana

A

Oslo

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16
Q

Formerly Known at Tenochtitlan

A

Mexico City

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17
Q

Formerly Known as Philadelphia

A

Amman, Jordan

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18
Q

Formerly Edo

A

Tokyo

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19
Q

Formerly New Amsterdam

A

NYC

20
Q

Formerly Fort York

A

Toronto

21
Q

Formerly Batavia

A

Jakarta

22
Q

Formerly Leningrad

A

St. Petersburg

23
Q

Formerly Danzig

A

Gdansk

24
Q

Formerly Constantinople

A

Istanbul

25
Q

Formerly Angora

A

Ankara

26
Q

Formerly Saigon

A

Ho Chi Minh City

27
Q

Formerly Rangoon

A

Yangon

28
Q

Formerly Salsbury

A

Harare

29
Q

Home of World’s Tallest Building

A

Dubai

30
Q

Home of Hagia Sophia

A

Istanbul

31
Q

Home of Taj Mahal

A

Agra

32
Q

Home of the Hermitage

A

St. Petersburg

33
Q

Home of Rijksmuseum

A

Amsterdam

34
Q

Home of Benaki Museum

A

Athens

35
Q

Home of Uffizi Museum and the Bargello

A

Florence

36
Q

Home of the Victoria and Albert Museum

A

London

37
Q

Home of the Prado

A

Madrid

38
Q

Home of Tretyakov Museum

A

Moscow

39
Q

Home of the Guggenheim

A

NYC

40
Q

Home of the Kon-Tiki Museum

A

Olso

41
Q

Interpol Headquarters

A

Paris

42
Q

NATO headquarters

A

Brussels

43
Q

WHO Headquarters

A

Geneva

44
Q

OPEC Headquarters

A

Vienna

45
Q

Former League of National Headquarters

A

Geneva

46
Q

Nobel Prize (except Peace)

A

Stockholm

47
Q

Where Nobel Peace Prize is Awarded

A

Oslo