Population Flashcards
Immigration As of 6th BCE
Celts from the East
Immigration As of 1st BCE
Romans from the Southeast
Immigration As of 5th
Franks and other Germanic peoples from the East
Immigration As of 8th
Vikings from the North
Immigration from 1350-1450
Norman Englishmen
Immigration from 1500
Italian elite - artists and politicians
Leonardo da Vinci (died in France), Marie de Médicis (wife of Henry IV and regent), Mazarin (chief minister of Louis XIV)
Immigration in the Late 19th
Italians
South of France
The carmaker Bugatti, the writer Emile Zola, etc…
Immigration in the Early 20th
Poles
Especially as coal miners in the north of France
Immigration Mid 20th
Portuguese
Artisans (bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers….)
Fleeing dictatorship and/or economic hardship
Names of the years AFTER WWII
Trente Glorieuses
Year of the first riots (Les Minguettes, Lyon)
1981
banlieue slang for a person of Maghrebine origin
Beur
Year of Marche des Beurs
1983
Creation of the CCIF; Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en France (against islamophobia)
2003
Year of the National law - no signs of religious belief in school so no headscarf…
2004