French 2 - the start of French culture

When was Paris founded?

3rd century BC

One of the oldest universities in the world is in Paris.

La Sorbonne

How does the population density of Paris compare to Lebanon, Tennessee?

Lebanon is a city of 40,000 in an area of 40 square miles

About what portion of the population of Paris comes from other countries?

20% of the population

What does ville-lumière mean?

The city of light

The largest art museum in the world is Le Louvre. What was it before it was a museum?

A house for monarchs

Math time: If you spend 1 minute admiring each work of art at Le Louvre, how many hours will it take to see the museum's entire collection?

24000

Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the interior of what famous American monument?

The skeleton holding up the statue of

Liberty

How many steps must one climb in order to walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower?

1,710

Give three examples of common French foods that are popular in Americ

Omelette, crepe, croissant

What is le métro?

The Paris metropolitan

About how many people use the Paris public transportation system each year?

1.5 billion passengers

Paris was discovered by who?

Parissi (Celtics)

Immigrant

Living in one country but from another country

Francophone

A person that speaks a sodden language from another country

Edifice

Man made structure

Cuisine

Genre of food

Gamut

A range of things

Where is most of Paris’s French speakers from?

North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Portugal, Italy, and Spain.

Je m’ appelle

I am

I’ll/elle s’ appelle

She/ he is

Je suis de

I am from