Indian O & Antarctic
These five islands are spread out around the Horn of Africa and Madagascar.
What are the Scattered Islands?
This now banned practice first brought workers to the islands of the Caribbean in 1644 to work in the sugar, coffee, and other plantations established by French colonists.
What is slavery?
It's generally claimed that Miquelon is a form of Michael from this language of southern France.
What is Basque?
This city is the capital of French Polynesia.
This French island became English in 1154 when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry Plantagenet and became queen of England.
What is the Ile de Ré?
This famous tapestry depicts Harold Godwinson rescuing two Norman knights from quicksand in the tidal flats around Mont-Saint-Michel.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
This département is a paradise for divers, as they enjoy viewing the colorful corals in the world's largest enclosed lagoon here.
What is Mayotte?
This is the capital of Martinique.
What is Fort de France?
The MP of St. Pierre et Miquelon was pelted with seaweed and stones in January 2022 in response to new rules established to curb the impact of this illness.
What is COVID(-19)?
To the west of Raiatea lies this Leeward island formed from two volcanic peaks--Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia.
What is Bora-Bora?
This city's coat of arms depicts a silver vessel sailing with the motto Fluctuat nec mergitur.
What is Paris?
After the abolition of slavery in 1848, many foreign workers were brought to La Réunion as these workers whose condition was little better than slaves, known in French as engagés, until the practice was finally abolished in 1864.
What are indentured servants?
Sugarcane grown in Martinique is mainly used to produce this alcoholic beverage which is then exported.
What is rum? ("Why is the rum gone?")
This archipelago of islands off South America housed an infamous penal colony for French political prisoners.
What are the Salvation Islands (Iles du Salut)?
This cloth art, a specialty of Wallis and Futuna, is made from strips of bark and decorated with highly detailed geometric motifs.
What is Tapa?
*********A quarter-scale replica of this monument by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sits on Ile aux Cygnes in Paris.
What is the Statue of Liberty / Liberty Enlightening the World?
The Dumont d'Urville Station is located on this island.
What is Petrel?
This market in the capital of Guadeloupe is named for the patron saint of lost things.
What is Marché Saint-Antoine? (Saint Anthony Market)
Explorer Jacques Cartier claimed St. Pierre et Miquelon in 1536 for this French king.
Who is Francis I? François 1er
Pierre Chanel, who was canonized in 1954, is a major patron saint of this island.
What is Futuna?
During WWII, British Commandos and US Army Rangers successfully attacked a German radar installation on this island.
What is Ouessant / Ushant?
This is the highest point in La Réunion, a shield volcano that rises over 10,000 ft.
What is Piton des Neiges?
Sweden sold this island back to France in 1878, and in the 1960s it became renowned as a playground for the rich and famous, hosting Howard Hughes, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, SNL's Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Jimmy Buffett. and Johnny Hallyday.
Saint Barthélémy
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to visit the archepelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon near Canada.
Who is José Alvarez Faguendez?
This park in Papeete is named for the first French explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
What is Bougainville Park?
This renowned 17th century architect designed a great number of the townhouses on Ile Saint-Louis.
Who is Louis Le Vau?