1. Physical Characteristics of France
Your goal: Be
able to give
examples of
the physical
characteristics
of France.

3. Rhine River
River valley separating France and Germany
Natural defensive border
Fortress towns

4. Pyrenees Mountains
Mountains separating France and Spain
Natural defensive border

5. Island of Corsica
Mediterranean Island
Birthplace of Napoleon
Bonaparte

6. Beaches at Normandy
Province on the North coast of France
Where the Allies
invaded Europe
in World War II

7. Human Characteristics of France
Your goal: Be
able to give
examples of
the human
characteristics
of France.

9. Palace at Versailles
•Royal capital of France (1700s)
•Peace conference after WWI (1919)

11. Montesquieu 1700s
Argued that all
governments
should have
separation of
powers
• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

12. Voltaire 1700s
Enlightenment thinker with
the ideas:
• Church and state should
be separate.
• People have the right to
freedom of speech and
religion.

14. Louis Pasteur 1800s
Germ theory
Pasteurization of
milk

16. Coco Chanel 1920s-1940s
Fashion designer
Ambitious, innovative

17. Louvre Museum
•Opened 1793 during French Revolution
•Confiscated church, noble &royal property
•Art is now available to the people!

18. Eiffel Tower 1800s
•1050 feet tall

19. Arc de Triomph 1800s
•“Arch of Triumph”

21. Claude Monet 1800s

22. Vincent van Gogh 1800s

23. Henri Marie de 1800s
Toulouse-Lautrec

24. Henri Matisse 1800s

25. EdouardManet 1800s

26. Edgar Degas 1800s

27. Paul Cezanne 1800s

28. Auguste Rodin 1800s
The Thinker

29. Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1800s

30. Paul Gauguin 1800s

32. Wine
World’s largest wine producer

33. Cheese
This is
Brie
Over 300 types of cheese