France

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France

• By
• Pierre Blanchard
• Pierre Cornell

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Location

• Located in the Western part of Europe.
• France is surrounded by three bodies of water
  The Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel, and
  the Atlantic Ocean.
• France is also surrounded by seven countries
  Spain, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany,
  Switzerland, and Italy.
• France also has territories in North America, the
  Caribbean, South America, the Pacific Ocean, and
  in Antarctica.

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Geography

• France has a total land area of 220,558 square
  miles.
• France has land geography including the
  snow-capped mountains of the Alps, and mountains
  on their border with Spain.
• France has about all of the land geography that
  the U.S. has and is a whole lot smaller.

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Government

• French presidents are elected by a vote from
  adults and stay in for a term of a five year
  period.
• Their presidents are called The President of the
  Republic.
• Like in the U.S., the French government is
  separated into two large opposing groups called
  the French Socialist Party and the Rassemblement
  pour la Republique.

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Currency

• The currency of France happens to be the Euro.
• One Euro is worth 1.35 of United States Dollars.
• The original currency of France was the French
  Franc.
• 4.87 of the French Franc is equal to 1 USD.

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History

• Humans have inhabited France for about 90,000
  years.
• After Napoleon Bonaparte led France to a series
  of war related victories in 1799, France had
  control of most of Europe.
• France was captured and was forced to surrender
  to Germany (the Nazis) during WWII.
• The French city of Avignon replaced Rome as the
  city where the pope lives between 1309-1377.

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Primary School

• Maternelle (Kindergarten)
• 3 -gt 4 Petite Section
• 4 -gt 5Moyenne Section
• 5 -gt 6Grande Section
• École élémentaire (Primary school)
• 6 -gt 7Cours préparatoire
• 7 -gt 8Cours élémentaire première année
• 8 -gt 9Cours élémentaire deuxième année
• 9 -gt 10Cours moyen première année
• 10 -gt 11Cours moyen deuxième année

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Secondary School

• Collège (Junior High)
• 11 -gt 12Sixième
• 12 -gt 13Cinquième
• 13 -gt 14Quatrième
• 14 -gt 15Troisième
• Lycée (High school)
• 15 -gt 16Seconde
• 16 -gt 17Première
• 17 -gt 18Terminale

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Fin