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France Test
vocab and questions
Question | Answer |
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capital of France | Paris |
river that flows through Paris | the Seine |
built to honor Napoleans military victories | Arc de Triomphe |
belif that there is no God | athesim |
June 6 1944- US and its allies invade France to liberate the French from German Nazi occupation | D-Day |
palace remark made Marie Antoinette | " Let them eat cake " |
battle cry of the French revolution | Liberty, Equality and Fraternity |
novel about the French Revolution | Tale of Two Cities |
Ressnaiance style chateux | Chambord and Chenonceau |
famous catholic catherdral in Paris | Notre Dame |
king and queen of France during the French Revoultion | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette |
tallest maountain in Europe | The Alps |
A.F.I.G.S | Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
three types of frech breads | Baguette, Biroche, Crossiant |
three french cheeses | Brie, Roquefort, Cambert |
body of water between Spain and France | Bay of Biscay |
mountain that divides France and Spain | the Pyreness |
birth place of Napolean | Corsica |
beheading device | Guillotine |
Frech revolutionist who led the Reign of Terror | Robspierre and Marat |
Royal castle about one hour outside of Paris | Versailles |
Famous gothic catherdral know for its stain glass | Chartres |
body of water that divides France from the U.K | english channel |
features of Gothic architecture | rose window, flying buttress, spire, gargoyle, pointed arch, vaulted ceiling |
1789- 40,000 french nobles guillotined | reign of terror |
french word for castle | Chateau |
port in southern France at the mouth of the Rhone | Marsailles |
Frech prison stormed by angry peasants July 14, 1789 | the bastille |
july 14, 1789 | bastille day |
port where Hitler though D-Day would be | Calais |
built in 1889 to commerate the 100th anniversary of the French revolution | Eiffel Tower |
famous art muesam in paris | the louvre |
costal area on English Channel, site of D-Day landings | Normandy |
mob rule | mobocracy |
french wines | Burgundy,Bordeaux, Chateu Neuf du Pap, Champagne |
medival style castle | angers |
famous avenue in Paris | Champs Elysses |
5 exports from France | brie cheese, wine and grapes, chanel, louis vuitton, perfume |