Jeopardy for the classroom

New capital cities

1. During the Edo era, Tokyo became Japan's new capital city. What was Japan's capital before Tokyo?
2. In the 1960s, Brazil moved its capital to a new city in the interior that it named Brasilia. What was the country's capital before Brasilia?
3. When Australia achieved independence in 1901, what city did it choose to be its capital?
4. What West African country, the most populous country on the continent, moved its capital city from Lagos to Abuja?
5. What large Central Asian country, formerly a republic in the Soviet Union, moved its capital from Almaty to Astana in 1998?