L'histoire de France
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- Q1According to our textbook, what year does the history of France begin?50 BCE
1998
150 BCE
2000 BCE
30s - Q2What event marks the "start" of the history of France?
The death of Vercingetorix
The birth of Jesus Christ
The arrival of the pope
The Roman conquest of Gaul30s - Q3What is the oldest city in France?
Strasbourg
Paris
Bordeaux
Marseille30s - Q4What did the port in Marseille give the Greeks access to?
The aqueduct in Nimes
Fishing coast on the Western border of France
Metal mines in EnglandApple trees in Normandy
30s - Q5What is Provincia Romana?
The place where Rome was located
The new name the Romans gave this annexed region of their empire.A pizza
The new ruler of France after Vercingetorix
30s - Q6What parts of France were the Romans interested in?The whole country
The coastline of the English channel
The region on the Mediterranean Sea coast
Paris
30s - Q7Who was the chief of the Gauls when they fought the Romans in the "de bello gallico" conquest?Vercingétorix
Obelix
Idefix
Asterix
30s - Q8How did the Gauls respond to their conquest?
They stormed the Bastille and killed the king
They accepted it and adapted their ways.They rebelled and started fires everywhere.
They moved to a new country
30s - Q9What were some of the benefits for the Gauls of being taken over by the Romans?
Schools, insurance, and retirement benefits
Hospitals and better healthcare
More fashionable clothing
Better roads, organized government, and monuments30s - Q10What language did the Gaulois adopt?They adopted Latin, but it was crude and it became what we call "Old French".
Gaulish, which became modern day French.
German, because they didn't understand the new language.
Frankish, due to the influence from Clovis.
30s - Q11Who was Clovis and what did he do?The leader of the Franks who would bring Christianity to the region.
The man who created Paris.
He built the Eiffel Tower.
The man responsible for the French language.
30s - Q12What was the primary reason Clovis adopted Christianity as his religion?
His wife told him he had to in order for her to marry him.
A political move to get the people on his side.He loved God.
He did it to spite his parents.
30s - Q13What flower is the symbol of French royalty?
Tulip
Rose
Fleur de lysDaffodil
30s - Q14Who was Charles Martel?a leader who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours30s
- Q15Who was Charlemagne?
The author of Tristan and Yseaut.
He wrote the Edict of Nantes.
He defended the French army in the Pyrenees but ended up being killed in the task.
Emperor chosen by the church30s