French Thanksgiving Vocab
This meat is traditionally eaten at Thanksgiving
La dinde
Canadian Thanksgiving is held on the second [blank] in October.
What is Monday?
Sometimes called "L'action de grâce," this country's Thanksgiving is in October.
What is Canada?
The 'Maid of Orléans' would rally the reeling French and help turn the tide in the Hundred Years War.
Saint Jeanne d'Arc
What is the capital of the French speaking province of Canada?
La Ville de Québec
Feast
Un festin
Canadian Thanksgiving celebrates a feast held by explorers at Baffin Island in which modern Canadian territory?
Nunavut
What is Liberia?
Known as the 'Sun King', he ruled France from 1643-1715.
Louis XIV
Charleroi
To be thankful
Être reconnaissant
Canadians enjoy the Thanksgiving Day Classic held by which sports league?
Canadian Football League (CFL)
American whalers brought Thanksgiving to Norfolk Island in this country.
What is Australia?
In 1967 this famous French politician created a major diplomatic incident by declaring 'Vive Montréal! Vive le Québec! Vive le Québec libre!'
Charles de Gaulle
This capital has overtaken Paris as the most populous Francophone city
Kinshasa
Pumpkin pie
La tarte à la citrouille
In what decade was Thanksgiving made an official holiday in Canada?
1870s
Called "Dia de Ação de Graças," this country's Thanksgiving has been celebrated since 1949
What is Brazil?
This flurry of politically motivated executions, led by Maximilien Robespierre, resulted in the deaths of at least 40,000 people across France between 1793-1794
The Reign of Terror
Most of this city's residents speak Kreyòl Ayisyen
Port-au-Prince
Take a long weekend
Faire le pont
Name either of the two cities which jointly hold the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Canada?
Kitchener or Waterloo
This Caribbean island nation's Thanksgiving actually celebrates a US led military intervention which deposed a dictator.
What is Grenada?
The French defeat in this war in 1871 brought an end to the Second Empire and forced Napoleon III into exile.
The Franco-Prussian War
This Gabonese capital was the site of a recent coup d'état.
Libreville