World Capitals Quiz - MSN Encarta

More than 90 percent of ________, the capital of Poland, was destroyed in World War II, but the city's historic Old Town section was painstakingly restored.

Warsaw

Łódź

Kraków

Gdańsk

A former logging center, ________ was chosen as the capital of Canada partly because it was considered safe from an American attack.

Montréal

Toronto

Ottawa

Vancouver

Brazil's capital, ________, began as a planned city, located in a formerly uninhabited area of the country.

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

São Paulo

Brasília

An American architect designed the urban plan for ________, the capital of Australia.

Melbourne

Canberra

Sydney

Adelaide

Among the many notable sights of ________, the capital of Switzerland, are the bear pits, which house live bears for public viewing.

Zürich

Geneva

Basel

Bern

With its rapid economic expansion and increased job opportunities, the population of India's bustling capital, ________, has increased by 50 percent in the past decade.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

Hyderābād

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)

New Delhi

Pakistan's capital city, ________, boasts a rich assortment of classical Islamic and contemporary architectural styles.

Islāmābād

Karāchi

Peshāwar

Lahore

Colombia's cultural center as well as its political capital, ________ is sometimes called the Athens of South America.

Medellín

Cali

Bogotá

Barranquilla

The capital of Indonesia, ________, is a sprawling mix of modern high-rise office buildings and temporary single-story structures.

Surabaya

Jakarta

Palembang

Bandung

________, the capital of Tanzania, was founded in the 1860s as a summer beach retreat for the sultan of Zanzibar.

Dar es Salaam

Mwanza

Tanga

Arusha