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 * __** Major Government **__
 * __** french republic **__
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 * __** Major Religions **__
 * __** roman catholic, protestant, jewish, and muslim, **__
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 * **__ french __**
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 * __** Current leader or president **__
 * __** nicolas sarkozy **__
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 * __** Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars **__
 * __** roman armies began to move in, france became strong and a powerful nation, napolean bonaparte took power, world war 1 and world war 2 took place in france and after world war 2, france bacame strong again. **__
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 * __** Currency **__
 * euro
 * __** Major cultural traditions (holidays/ foods etc..) **__
 * __** most connected with roman catholic church, shrove tuesday with festival called carnival, on noel, le jour de l' an, on paques, bastille day, labor day, armistice day. **__
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 * __** Climate **__
 * __** located mid-way between the equator and the North Pole. **__
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 * __** Population **__
 * __** about 60 million people **__
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 * __** Geography **__
 * __** 212,935 square miles, capital is paris. ﻿ **__ __ ** has rivers(rhine, madon, rupt and many more. north and west france is covered in plains.** __
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 * **__ Major Resources __**
 * __** oil, natural gas, and iron ore **__
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 * __** Major tourist attractions and or historical sights **__
 * __** eiffle tower(paris), louvre, mona lisa, arc de triomphe **__
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 * __** Median Family Income **__
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 * __** Must include a Work Cited Page with a minimum of 4 resources (1 book 3 websites) **__
 * __** book-france/ sites- world book kids, world book advanced, **__
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 * __** book-france/ sites- world book kids, world book advanced, **__
 * [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRC27R7A-if_ehJlKj7CtR_y7fQd4ZcxkS0_lVqLIG4tkbd89g width="211" height="106"]] __** food....[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxlfuY-fLGHHl9WddkHSkC1R17zppdllQ_B8z-eYgdhLxT3s1L width="199" height="116"]]president nikolas sarkozy.[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAhIZHoVmNFxGJ_tu32VmvFOhgyPVAcqYLKPSHn1uz_GzrCQnt2Q width="136" height="179"]]mona lisa.[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaDyTq_R8hhXCXK-YEx4-VN44SbvXwQjp5sD6bnkPodKwYuZiL width="220" height="142"]]city street in france. **__