Ch 9 France

Question 1

ILe de France

Answer 1

Region with in 50 miles around Paris

Question 2

Ardennes

Answer 2

Region extending north of Paris to English Channel

Question 3

Normandy

Answer 3

North region along English Channel just east of Brittany

Question 4

Brittany

Answer 4

Peninsula jutting from northwest corner of France

Question 5

Bordeaux

Answer 5

Western region of France that home to outstanding wines and cognac

Question 6

Perigord

Answer 6

North of Pyrenees where truffles found

Question 7

Burgandy

Answer 7

Region east of France north of Rhone and southeast of Paris a lot of wine produced here

Question 8

Agriculture

Answer 8

Leader in Europe

Wheat. Corn. Barley. Oats. Rice. Sunflowers

Question 9

Prior invasions

Answer 9

Romans. Frank’s. Charlemagne. William the Conqueror

Question 10

Religion

Answer 10

Roman Catholic

Question 11

Arts

Answer 11

Gothic style

Flying buttresses

Question 12

Haute cuisine

Answer 12

Brillant Savarin. Wrote physiology of taste

Escoffier father of cuisine 1846-1935

Question 13

Provincial French cooking

Answer 13

Less elaborate but as flavorful

Question 14

Dining patterns

Answer 14

Breakfast. Cafe au lait and croissant

Snack for lunch

And cocktail before dinner

Question 15

Geographic overview

Answer 15

English Channel to the north

Spain and Mediterranean Sea to south