In general, when you ask someone to (1)_______ a famous city in the United States, a popular response is New York City. If you ask someone to name a city in Australia, this (2)_______ the popular respo...

In general, when you ask someone to (1) name a famous city in the United States, a popular response is New York City. If you ask someone to name a city in Australia, this (2) time the popular response would be Sydney. But neither New York City (3) nor Sydney is the capital of its country. The capital (4) (missing) Australia is Canberra. The other major cities of Australia, like Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin, all (5) lie along Australia's extensive coastline. Canberra, on the (6) other hand, is located about 100 miles inland and between Melbourne and Sydney. Canberra is a planned city, designed to be the capital in 1908 as an (7) alternative to the rivalry between two existing cities, Melbourne and Sydney, to become the capital of Australia. Canberra has a (8) population of about 350,000 people, with about an equal number living in nearby surrounding areas. Since it is Australia's capital and the University of Canberra is (9) located there, many people live in the capital for a number of years to work (10) for the government or study and then return to their original home.