Cities and Their Makers

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• 01·Which official oversaw the massive 19th-century public works program that created modern central Paris, with its wide boulevards and parks?
• 02·Who was the French-American engineer and urban planner responsible for the foundational design of Washington, D.C.?
• 03·Which Brazilian architect is acclaimed for designing the major government buildings in the planned capital city of Brasília?
• 04·The design for Canberra, the capital of Australia, was created by an American architect couple. What was their last name?
• 05·Which tsar founded Saint Petersburg in 1703 on swampland, intending it to be Russia's 'window to the West'?
• 06·The Margherita pizza, with its toppings representing the Italian flag, was named for a queen consort visiting which city?
• 07·Who made Ankara the new capital of Turkey in 1923 and initiated sweeping reforms, including a new Latin-based alphabet?
• 08·What is the general term for the professional field concerned with the design, development, and management of cities and towns?
• 09·Which ancient Greek city-state is most famously regarded as the birthplace of democracy?
• 10·The Roman Forum, the center of public life in ancient Rome, was first monumentalized and expanded by which leader?