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Historical Capital Moves: Why the Capital Changed

Identify the primary historical reason each government moved its capital (choose one: colonial legacy, strategic defense, planned capital, political upheaval, economic shift).0 takes

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01Why did Brazil move its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília (1960)?
02Why was Australia's capital established as Canberra instead of remaining in Melbourne or Sydney?
03Why did Nigeria relocate its capital from Lagos to Abuja (1991)?
04Why did Pakistan move its capital from Karachi to Islamabad (1960s)?
05Why did Turkey shift its capital from Istanbul to Ankara after the Ottoman era?
06Why did Japan effectively move its political center from Kyoto to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration (1868)?
07Why was Russia's capital moved from Petrograd/St. Petersburg back to Moscow in 1918?
08Why did the British move the capital of India from Calcutta (Kolkata) to New Delhi in 1911?
09Why was Germany's capital moved from Bonn to Berlin after 1990?
10Why did Ghana shift its colonial-era administrative center from Cape Coast to Accra in the 19th century?