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Fancy France
By: Regan Silverton
Land & climate
• How is their geography, climate, and natural resources
connected to their daily life?
• Slightly smaller than Texas France covers 211,208 square
miles (547,030) kilometers.
• The terrain is varied, from plains to mountains and forests
to farmland
• Mountains stretch along the borders with Spain, Italy, and
Switzerland
• France boasts one of Europe's highest peaks mount blanc
at 15,771 feet ( 4,087) meters
• Some forest damage from acid rain; air pollution from
industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from
urban wastes; agricultural runoff
history
• By 51 bc, the romans had conquered the areas
Celtic inhabitants, the Gaul's, who adopted the
romans’ customs, language, and laws
• Clovis 1, king of the frank defeated the last roman
governor in ad 486.
• The French consider his conversation to
Catholicism in 496 the founding art of the nation ,
the move won him the support of the catholic
church& Gallo- roman people, who helped him
defeat surrounding Arian kingdoms.
Culture essential question
• What do we need to know about these people
to understand what makes their culture
unique?
The people: population
• France’s population is roughly around 63.7
million and is growing annually at 0.59%
• Three-fourths of the population lives in urban
areas.
• Greater Paris claims nearly 11 million
inhabitants and Marseille 1 million.
The people: lanuage
• French is an important international language.
• It is an official language of the united nations
and is second only to the English in use
between nations for communication,
business, and diplomacy.
• Even regional dialects have lost their
importance in recent years.
Religion
• Although about 85% of the French population
is roman catholic, only about 8% activity
practices the religion.
• Most French Catholics celebrate the various
religious holidays& attend mass once or twice
a year. Half have a religious wedding and
about 85% baptize their children
General attitudes
• The French measure success by educational
level, family reputation, and financial status.
• Among the most patriotic people in the world,
they are extremely proud of their culture,
heritage, way of life.
• The patriotism fosters a general expectation
that visitors have some knowledge of French
and show some appreciation for French
culture
Personal appearance
• In general , the French take great care to dress well,
whether they are wearing formal or casual attire, and
they feel more at ease with visitors who show the
same degree of attention to appearance
• Paris is home to many of the worlds leading fashion
designers
• Professional attire, depending on the business and
location intends to be formal
Customs and courtesies
• Greetings: when greeting someone or another
friend, a handshake is customary
• the French handshake is a light grip and a
single quick shake
• Generally, the women does not offer her hand
to a man but instead wants him to initiate the
greeting
Culture essential question
• What do you need to know about these
people to understand what makes their
culture unique? The French have a very
interesting way of life from the population to
the customs and courtesies
Economic data essential question
• What does the economic data reveal about
their quality of life?
Economic data
GDP growth rate- 0.1%
GDP per capita $ 35,500
GDP composition by sector- industry- 18.3%
services- 79.8%
agriculture- 1.9%
• Labor force by occupation- agriculture- 3.8%
industry- 24.3
services- 71.8%
• unemployment rate- 9.8% ( 106)
• Poverty rate-6.2%
• budget surplus(+) or deficit(-)- -4.5 of GDP (
143)
• Inflation rate- 2.3% (40)
• Industries- machinery, chemical, automobiles,
metallurgy, aircraft, electronics, textiles, food
processing, tourism
• Exports- machinery & transportation
equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals,
pharmaceutical products, iron, steel, and
beverages
Export partners
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Germany- 16.7%
Belgium- 7.4%
Italy- 8.3%
Spain- 7.4%
U.k.- 6.7%
U.s.- 5%
Netherlands- 4.3%
imports
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Machinery& equipment
Vehicles
Crude oil
Aircraft
Plastics
chemicals
Import partners
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Germany- 19.1%
Belgium- 11.3%
Italy- 7.7%
Netherlands- 7.5%
Spain- 6.6%
Uk- 5.1
China- 4.8
Economic data essential question
• What does the economic data reveal about
their quality of life? Frances economic data
reveals that their quality of life is high
standard
Currents events
• How this affected the US? Or how has the US
affected this event?
Current events
• In January 2013, France sent armed forces into
combat in Mali, answering an urgent plea from
the government of its former colony in the west
Africa to help blunt a sudden an aggressive
advance into the center of the country by islamist
extremist militants.
• The state department said outright Monday that
“ the U.S is not going to be engaged in combat
operations in Mali” but will continue to play a
keyhole in bolstering the French mission to drive
Qaeda- linked rebels from the west African nation
Current events essential question
• How has this event affected the U.S? or how
has the U.S affected this event? This event has
affected the U.S by making them decide that
they did not want to be engaged in the
combat, which probably means that it is really
serious.