Physical Characteristics of France
Your goal: Be able to give examples of the physical characteristics of France.
Landforms
Rhine River
River valley separating France and GermanyNatural defensive borderFortress towns
Pyrenees Mountains
Mountains separating France and SpainNatural defensive border
Island of Corsica
Mediterranean IslandBirthplace of Napoleon
Bonaparte
Beaches at Normandy
Province on the North coast of France
Where the Allies invaded Europe in World War II
Human Characteristics of France
Your goal: Be able to give examples of the human characteristics of France.
History
Palace at Versailles
•Royal capital of France (1700s)•Peace conference after WWI (1919)
Ideas About Government
Montesquieu
Argued that all governments should have separation of powers
• Legislative• Executive• Judicial
1700s
Enlightenment thinker with the ideas:
• Church and state should be separate.
• People have the right to freedom of speech and religion.
Voltaire 1700s
Science
Louis Pasteur
Germ theoryPasteurization of
milk
1800s
Culture
Coco Chanel
Fashion designerAmbitious, innovative
1920s-1940s
Louvre Museum
•Opened 1793 during French Revolution•Confiscated church, noble & royal property•Art is now available to the people!
Eiffel Tower
•1050 feet tall
1800s
Arc de Triomph
•“Arch of Triumph”
1800s
Art
Claude Monet 1800s
Vincent van Gogh 1800s
Henri Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec
1800s
Henri Matisse 1800s
Edouard Manet 1800s
Edgar Degas 1800s
Paul Cezanne 1800s
Auguste Rodin 1800s
The Thinker
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1800s
Paul Gauguin 1800s
Food
Wine
World’s largest wine producer
Cheese
Over 300 types of cheese
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