The French Language
French is this type of language, meaning it originated from Vulgar Latin origins.
Romance
This 1884-1885 Conference divided Africa into European colonies, many of them francophone.
The Berlin Conference
“C’est dommage!”
"That's a shame!"
This tiny francophone country is the richest in the world, with a current GDP per capita of US$234,317.
Monaco
Friday, July 14th is the French day of national celebration, known as:
Bastille Day
Before the Romans invaded ancient France, the region was known as this, and the people there spoke a similarly-named language of Celtic influence.
Gaul, Gaulish
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is francophone, but not French. Which European nation colonized the Congo?
Belgium
“Mieux vaut tard que jamais.”
"Better late than never."
This francophone nation is a close neighbor to the United States, and roughly a quarter of the population here identifies as partly (or entirely) French or Acadian.
Canada
The current President of France.
Macron
What percent of modern English words are of French origin? 15%, 30%, 45%, or 60%?
45%
The French colonized this present-day country in Southeast Asia in 1887, calling it French Indochina (l’Indochine) and exploiting local rubber extraction.
Vietnam
“Après la pluie, le beu temps.”
"After the rain comes nice weather."
The capital of this French overseas territory in the Caribbean is called Fort-de-France.
Martinique
These three principles comprised the slogan for French Revolutionaries.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
This institution presides over the French language itself, ensuring the literary integrity of the language since 1634.
L'Académie française
French colonies were formed in these THREE modern-day North African countries, with the local languages today comprised mainly of French and Arabic.
Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco
“Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné.”
"Better to be alone than in bad company."
This small European francophone country is surrounded entirely by France, Belgium, and Germany.
Luxembourg
Current strikes in France are in regard to the issue of the age for ______________, which the President has decided to raise.
Retirement
French is one of the 6 official languages of diplomacy in the UN, and along with German and English, French is one of 3 official working languages of this different international institution.
The European Union
This country saw the bloodiest display of French colonialism in recent history; an estimated 1.5 million deaths of colonized peoples occurred in this country during the initial period of colonizers’ conquest and massacres between 1830 and 1852.
Algeria
“Les murs ont des oreilles.”
"The walls have ears."
i.e., "The hills have eyes..."
An overseas department and region of France, this francophone island in the Indian Ocean is located east of another major francophone island country, and was originally named Bourbon in the 1600s.
La Réunion
France has a national healthcare system that administers this object to all persons over the age of 16, and it certifies that person’s entitlement to health insurance; it is accepted all over the country.
Carte vitale