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Do you know…. ?. …the capital of France?. …the capital of France?. Paris ! Population: - approx 2.2 million -w/ suburbs 10.5 million -32.3 million visitors (2013) Most diverse city in Europe - approx 23% originally from elsewhere -40% of children have a 1 st gen immigrant parent.
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…the capital of France? Paris ! Population: -approx 2.2 million -w/ suburbs 10.5 million -32.3 million visitors (2013) Most diverse city in Europe -approx 23% originally from elsewhere -40% of children have a 1st gen immigrant parent
Can you name another city in France? *Marseilles (970,000) *Lyon (484,000) *Toulouse (441,000) *Nice (346,000) *Strasbourg (256,000) *Nantes (252,000) *Bordeaux (215,000)…
…who is the president of France? Emmanuel MACRON (since 2017)
…who is the mayor of Paris? • Anne Hidalgo (since 2014)
…a French carand a French airplane? *Renault *Peugeot *Citroen *Concorde
…a method of capital punishment used during the French Revolution?
…a method of capital punishment used during the French Revolution? La Guillotine
…another French-speaking country in Europe? *Switzerland *Belgium *Luxembourg *Monaco
…a French-speaking province in North America? Québec, Canada -Québec City is the capital -Montréal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world (1.75 million / 4 million)
…a tropical French-speaking city in the south Pacific? Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
…one of the official languages of the United Nations and of the Olympic Games?
…one of the official languages of the United Nations and of the Olympic Games? French! * Paris will be hosting the 2024 Summer Games
…a French cheese? • Camembert • Brie de Meaux • Roquefort • Boursin • Reblochon • Pont l’Evèque • Chèvre • Tomme de Savoie • + 200 more !
…a French food you can get at McDonald’s? French fries! (pommes frites, or frites)
…some brands of French bottled waters? • Evian, Vittel…. (non-gazeuse) • Perrier, Badoit…. (gazeuse)
…two types of bread that are typically French? • Baguette • Croissant
…a French emperor? Napoléon Bonaparte 1769-1821 -Born in Corsica -Died in his second exile, on the island of Saint Helena
…a French actor? Gérard Depardieu
… a French actress? Audrey Tautou
…a French artist? • Monet • Renoir • Gauguin • Pissarro • Manet • Cézanne • Degas • ……