By Anaya Bradley Period 1 Computers and introduction

Europe

Continent

Neighboring countries
Spain and Germany

Geographic Features
extends from the Mediterranean sea to the English channel hexagon shape

Climate
Generally cool winters and mild summers in metropolitan France Tropical weather in French Guiana

Capital
Paris

Capital history

Founded by a Celtic tribe called the Parisii

Celebration

Bastille Day Its a French National Day

Le Mont Saint-Michel

Rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France

Eiffel Tower

Global cultural icon of France

Reims Cathedral

Where the kings of France were once crowned

Government

Unitary semipresidential republic Democratic tradition

French Renaissance

A cultural and artistic movement

Franco-Prussian War

Significant conflict between the second French empire and the kingdom of Prussia

Treaty of Paris

Ended the American revolutionary war between Great Britain and united states

French Revolution

A radical social and political upheaval in France

Hundred years war

A series of conflict between kingdom of England and the kingdom of France For control of French throne