Ch17 - Places Flashcards
1
Q
What great work of architecture offered much entertainment to keep the aristocracy occupied and close to Paris?
A
Palace of Varsailles
2
Q
What was the first permanent French colony in America?
A
Quebec
3
Q
Where is “New France”?
A
Canada; the Great Lakes area; the Mississippi Valley
4
Q
What peninsula controlled the strait between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
A
Gibraltar
5
Q
What was the name of the castle stronghold in Paris used as a prison and was stormed on July 14, 1789?
A
Bastille
6
Q
To what island on the Italian coast was Napoleon exiled after the Battle of Leipzig?
A
Elba
7
Q
To what island in the south Atlantic was napoleon exiled after Waterloo?
A
St. Helena
