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What images come to mind when
you think of France?
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Notre Dame
Paris
Louvre
Arc d’Triomphe
Tour de France
What does this mean?
 “The French have no problems of
identity. They know who they are
and can’t imagine wanting to be like
anybody else.”
Paris Basin
 Flat area drained
by the Seine River
 The French center
their history
around Paris
Southwestern France
 Wine-growing
region of France
 Focused around
the city of
Bordeaux
South Central & SE France
 Dominated by Highlands
 Massif Central Plateau & Alps
 Known for its tourism--skiing
Mediterranean France
 Cote d’Azur—Blue
Coast
 Known for its
Tourism--Riviera
 Hosts high profile
events like Cannes
film festival
 Small principality
of Monaco
Marseilles, France
Northeastern France
 Regions of Alsace & Lorraine have
gone back and forth between France
and Germany
 Vast deposits of coal