European map work. Help with citys. ?

Question

This is for a class of mine that I am having trouble with. The teacher has given a list of citys that need to be placed on the map (okay easy enough) but the catch is that the MAJOR CITIES need to be in BLUE pen and the CAPITAL CITIES in RED.

What's that supposed to mean? Aren't they all just cities anyway?

The list is :

1. Glasgow 9. Lyon 17. Cologne

2. Edinburgh 10. Genoa 18. Istanbul

3. Manchester 11. Milan 19. St. Petersburg

4. Birmingham 12. Florence 20. Odessa

5. Belfast 13. Venice 21. Volgograd

6. Barcelona 14. Palermo 22. Kiev

7. Seville 15. Rotterdam 23. Minsk

8. Marseille 16. Munich 24. Murmansk

If anyone is good at European history could you plase help me distinguish the difference and tell me which would be in blue (major)and which in red (capital). You can just list the numbers if you want. then I will find where they are in Europe and label away

It would be soooooo helpful :))

Answer 1

They are all major cities except for:

Belfast

Kiev

Minsk

Answer 2

Red:  

Belarus-Minsk

Northern Ireland-Belfast

Scotland-Edinburgh

Ukraine-Kiev

Blue:

Scotland-Glasgow

England-Manchester

England-Birmingham

Spain-Barcelona

Spain-Seville

France-Marseille

France-Lyon

Italy-Genoa

Italy-Milan

Italy-Florence

Italy-Venice

Italy-Palermo

The Netherlands-Rotterdam

Germany-Munich

Germany-Cologne

Turkey-Istanbul

Russian Federation-St. Petersburg

Ukraine-Odessa

Russian Federation-Volgograd

Russian Federation-Murmansk.....

Cities became capitals mostly bcuz of their geographical position so there would be an economical equality all over a state...

Ex. Barcelona is a major city in Spain that draws many tourists even though its not the capital so to equalize the economy all over the state they made a city that's in the middle of Spain a capital...

Hope I helped ya... =)