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Fancy Fance. By Alex Starkey. Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources. Essential question: How is their geography, climate, and natural resources connected to their daily life and/or jobs? Some of their physical features are the Pyrenees in South, Alps in East
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Fancy Fance By Alex Starkey
Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources Essential question: How is their geography, climate, and natural resources connected to their daily life and/or jobs? • Some of their physical features are the Pyrenees in South, Alps in East • Their deserts and beaches are the Nantes and the Le Havre Rouen • France has generally cool winters and mild summers • Their total irrigated land is 29,950 sq. km ;
Economic data Essential question: What does the economic data reveal about their quality of life?(Be able to describe whether they are a developed or developing country and whether they have a high or low standard of living. Support your answer with facts) • France is a developed country • Their GDP per capita is 35,000 (2012 est.) • Also their industrial growth rate is 2.4% (2011 est)
Culture • What do we need to know about these people to understand what makes their culture unique? • What we need to know about these people is that the French are very specific on how to eat properly for example, in France, you must eat with your fork in the left hand and the knife on the left • Also what we must know is that French is an important national language, its an official language of the United Nations and is second only to English in use between nations for communication
Current events • Essential Question: How has this event affected the US? Or how has the US affected this event? • France rejoined NATO’s integrated military command structure in 2009, reversing de Gaulle’s 1996 decision to take French forces out of NATO