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Geography
Geography study tool for HS Quiz Bowl, covering nicknames and former names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Britain of the South | New Zealand |
| The Battlefield of Europe | Belgium |
| City of Magnificent Distances | Washington, D.C. |
| City of Popes | Rome |
| Dairy of Northern Europe | Denmark |
| Empire City | New York |
| Forbidden City | Lhasa (Tibet) |
| Garden of England | Kent |
| City of Seven Hills | Rome |
| Gate of Tears | Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem |
| Great White Way | Broadway (New York) |
| Granite City | Aberdeen (Scotland) |
| Gift of Nile | Egypt |
| Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean | Aden |
| Eternal City | Rome |
| Herring Pond (give real/current name) | Atlantic Ocean |
| Hermit Kingdom | Korea (this is horrible!!!) |
| Holy Land | Palestine |
| Island of Cloves | Madagascar |
| Isle of Spring | Jamaica |
| Key to the Mediterranean | Gibraltar |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Land of the Golden Fleece (from Jason myth) | Australia |
| Land of the Golden Pagoda | Myanmar |
| Land of Lilies | Canada |
| Land of the Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of Milk and Honey | Canaan |
| Land of the Rising Sun | Japan (hence their flag) |
| Land of a Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
| Land of White Elephants | Thailand |
| Lady of Snow | Canada |
| Little Venice | Venezuela |
| Never Never Land | Prairies (North Australia) |
| Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
| Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
| Pillars of Hercules | Straits of Gibraltar |
| Pearl of the Pacific | Guayaquil Port (Ecuador) |
| The Promised Land | Canaan |
| Quaker City | Philadelphia |
| Queen of the Arabian Sea | Kochi (India) |
| Queen of the Adriatic | Venice |
| Roof of the World | Pamir (Tibet) |
| The Sea of Mountains | British Columbia |
| Sorrow of China | River Hwang Ho |
| The Saw Mill of Europe | Sweden |
| Sick Man of Europe | Turkey |
| Sugar Bowl of the World | Cuba |
| The Storehouse of the World | Mexico |
| Venice of the North | Stockholm |
| Venice of the East | Bangkok (Thailand), and Allepey (India) |
| Yellow River | Hwang Ho (China) |
| White City | Belgrade |
| Windy City | Chicago |
| White Mans Grave | Guinea Coast (West Africa) |
| City of Arabian Nights | Baghdad |
| Twin City | Budapest |
| The Imperial City | Rome |
| Golden City | Johannesburg |
| The Modern Babylon | London |
| Valley of Kings | Thebes (as in King of Thebes) |
| City, Formerly known as Leningrad | St. Petersburg |
| Country, Formerly Abyssinia | Ethiopia |
| Formerly Congo | Zaire |
| Formerly Burma | Myanmar |
| Former name of Jakarta | Batavia |
| Formerly Ceylon | Sri Lanka |
| Former name of Belize | British Honduras |
| Formerly East Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| Formerly Cape Canaveral | Cape Kennedy |
| Formerly Farmosa | Taiwan |
| Land of Morning Calm | Korea |
| Formerly Mesopotamia | Iraq |
| Former name of Thailand | Siam |
| Formerly Persia | Iran |
| Formerly Phoenix | Lebanon |
Created by:
NerdvanaGirl
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