World Cities Flashcards by Trevor Pryhorocki

Q

World’s Oldest Walled City

A

Jericho

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World’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City

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Damascus

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Northernmost World Capital

A

Reykjavik

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Southernmost World Capital

A

Wellington

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World Capital Highest in Elevation

A

La Paz

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European Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Madrid

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Asian Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Thimphu, Bhutan

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North American Capital Highest in Elevation

A

Mexico City

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City with Most Fountains

A

Rome

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The Waltz City

A

Vienna

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The Jewel of the Adriatic

A

Venice

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City of Lights

A

Paris

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Pearl of the Orient

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Manila

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City of Bridges

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Stockholm

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Q

Formerly Known as Christiana

A

Oslo

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Formerly Known at Tenochtitlan

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Mexico City

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Formerly Known as Philadelphia

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Amman, Jordan

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Formerly Edo

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Tokyo

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Formerly New Amsterdam

A

NYC

Q

Formerly Fort York

A

Toronto

Q

Formerly Batavia

A

Jakarta

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Formerly Leningrad

A

St. Petersburg

Q

Formerly Danzig

A

Gdansk

Q

Formerly Constantinople

A

Istanbul

Formerly Angora

Ankara

Formerly Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City

Formerly Rangoon

Yangon

Formerly Salsbury

Harare

Home of World's Tallest Building

Dubai

Home of Hagia Sophia

Istanbul

Home of Taj Mahal

Agra

Home of the Hermitage

St. Petersburg

Home of Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam

Home of Benaki Museum

Athens

Home of Uffizi Museum and the Bargello

Florence

Home of the Victoria and Albert Museum

London

Home of the Prado

Madrid

Home of Tretyakov Museum

Moscow

Home of the Guggenheim

NYC

Home of the Kon-Tiki Museum

Olso

Interpol Headquarters

Paris

NATO headquarters

Brussels

WHO Headquarters

Geneva

OPEC Headquarters

Vienna

Former League of National Headquarters

Geneva

Nobel Prize (except Peace)

Stockholm

Where Nobel Peace Prize is Awarded

Oslo