L’île de France
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# inhabitants
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4638 square miles around what city?
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world’s ____ largest regional economy
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île means
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3 rivers in the region
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Dimanche Après- midi à l’île de la
Grande Jotte is by….
Date of Battle of the Marne
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Which war?
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Importance?
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Interesting episode?
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Versailles is located…
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You would go there to see…
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Its importance
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Dates of importance
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Who built it?
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Problems during his childhood
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His attitude towards the monarchy
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His emblem
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Why he built Versailles
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Palace that inspired his building
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Architects
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Landscape artist
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Painter
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Final king & queen to rule from
Versailles
Why they left
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Interior design aspects
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the most spectacular room
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describe it
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life at Versailles was…
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Because of this, MA built le Hameau.
What was this?
Describe the gardens
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When can you see the fountains running?
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Central fountain is of….
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Vaux-le-Vicomte is located…
nom_________________________________
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Built by…
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landscaped by
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architect
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painter
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Date of official opening
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Describe the fête
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What honored guest was there?
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How did he react?
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What does Versailles owe to V-le-V?
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What is the Journée Grand Siècle?
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Where is Fontainebleau?
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Who began the structure?
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Who continued it?
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What was the best feature of its location?
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What did the Edict of Fontainebleau do?
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Who signed it & when?
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What was the result?
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Who moved into the château after the
Revolution?
What did the Treaty of Fontainebleau
say?
Between?
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What was the result?
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Where was Napoléon I born?
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His job?
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In 1779, what happened?
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What good did he do as Emperor?
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What bad did he do?
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Where did he die?
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Where is Chartres?
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What would you visit there?
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What style architecture?
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When was it constructed?
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Why is it especially important?
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What do flying buttresses allow?
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What purpose do stained glass windows
serve?
What color is especially important in
Chartres windows?
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What exterior features are memorable?
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Why don’t they match?
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Tell why it has been fortunate.
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What one feature is not original & why?
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Another interesting interior feature
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Why can’t you see it every day?
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Where is Giverny?
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Who built a house there?
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What was his profession?
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His style?
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Dates
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Le Pont Japonais means
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Why did his paintings get more abstract
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Nymphéas means
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Who was Boudin?
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What did he try to capture?
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Why did he paint series- like La
Cathédrale de Rouen?
How did Impressionists paint & where?
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Date of 1st Impressionist exposition
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Painting that inadvertently gave name to
the movement
Why? How?
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How was the exposition received?
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Parc Astétrix is based on…
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Un Gaulois is…
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What you can do at the park
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#1 most popular tourist site in Europe
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cheese specialty of Meaux, l’île de France
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escargots are ..
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prepared in..
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pâtisserie is..
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tarte aux fruits is
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éclair is…
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mille feuille is…