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1
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What is France referred to?

A

L’Hexagone

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Is France the largest country in Western Europe?

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Yes

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3
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What borders France to the West?

A

Atlantic Ocean

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What separates France from the UK to the North?

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English Channel (La Manche)

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5
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What divides France and Italy?

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Maritime Alps

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6
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What separates France from Switzerland?

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The Alps and The Jura Mountains

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7
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What lies to the South of France?

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Med Sea

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8
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What forms the barrier between France and Iberian Peninsula?

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Pyrenees

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9
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What is the most mountainous island in the Med?
Where does it lie?

A

Corsica
Southeast mainland France

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10
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What abuts France in the Northeastern section of the hexagon?

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Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium

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11
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What is the hexagon composed of?

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2 massifs, 2 basins, 1 long rift system

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12
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What is a Massif?

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Landform. Areas of bedrock that are more resistant to erosion

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What is Massif Central?

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South Central portion of country (high limestone plateaus)

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What is Massif Armorican?

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Large portion of Northwest France (Brittany, West Normandy, Lower Loire)

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15
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What is Paris Basin?

A

Geologic depression that corresponds to the drainage basin of the Seine River

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16
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What is Aquitaine Basin?

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Basin formed during marine incursions (Triangular)

17
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What is a rift valley?

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Bedrock that has dropped down between paired geological faults.
AKA… Graben German for “Ditch”

18
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Best spot for ideal vineyard land?

A

Mid slope

19
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Rivers that flow into a body of water?

A

Fleuves

20
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Rivers that flow into other rivers?

A

Rivieres

21
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What are the 5 major French Fleuves?

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Loire, Seine, Garonne, Rhone, Dordogne

22
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What is the longest river in France?

A

Loire (Flows North)

23
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What does the Siene cut through?

A

Champagne and Paris

24
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Largest estuary in Europe?

A

Gironde

25
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What is left bank known for?

A

Cab Sauv (Lower sugar levels and vineyards face North)

26
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What is right bank known for?

A

Merlot (Face South)

27
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What river divides the right bank appellations of Bordeaux from Entre-deux-Mers?

A

Dordogne River

28
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Vineyards flanking rivers are warmer than vineyards at equivalent…What is the exception?

A

Serein River in Chablis?

29
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Oceanic Climate/Maritime?

A

Temperate summers, cool winters
Daily narrow diurnal temperature swings

30
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Med Climate?

A

Hot/dry summers, cool winters
Only 2 seasons
(Provence, Southern Rhone, Languedoc, Roussillon)

31
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Continental Climate?

A

Warm summers/cold winters
heat spikes/winter freezes
More rain when it’s warm
(Bourgogne, Alsace, Central Loire)

32
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Best temperature for photosynthesis?

A

20-30 Celsius

No photosynthesis under 10 or over 35 Celsius

33
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What is the Mistral

A

North wind atop the North sea and Atlantic Ocean.
Chases away clouds, dust, disease producing humidity.
Relieves heat by dropping temperature

34
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What are the Tramontane and Cers Winds?

A

North winds that are powerful and blow through Toulouse-Carcassonne

35
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What 2 winds only impact Rousillon?

A

Hot, humid Vent d’espagne
Cold, dry Canigounenc

36
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in 1956 what happened after the “Great Freeze”?

A

Dead whites were replanted with reds and Malbec was replaced by Merlot

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