1. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com French History

2. © 2014 wheresjenny.com History of France Stone tools indicate that early humans were present in France at least 1.8 million years ago. The first modern humans appeared in the area 40,000 years ago. The first written records for the history of France appear in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Roman writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, the Aquitani, and the Belgae. The Gauls, the largest and best attested group, were a Celtic people speaking what is known as the Gaulish language.

3. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Vocabulary Bulk: The mass or size of something large. Recognizable: Able to be recognized or identified from previous encounters or knowledge. Penetrated: Go into or through (something), especially with force or effort. Extensive: Covering or affecting a large area. Occupation: A job or profession.

4. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Eiffel Tower

5. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.98 million people ascended it in 2011. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010. Because of the addition of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 meters (17 ft). Not including broadcast antennae, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.

6. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Ancient history Greek colonies In 600 BC, Ionian Greeks from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia (present- day Marseille) on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, making it the oldest city of France. At the same time, some Celtic tribes penetrated the eastern parts (Germania superior) of the current territory of France, but this occupation spread in the rest of France only between the 5th and 3rd century BC.

7. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com The Napoleonic Era Napoleon on his Imperial throne, byJean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

8. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Since 1914 World War I Preoccupied with internal problems, France paid little attention to foreign policy in the 1911-14 period, although it did extend military service to three years from two over strong Socialist objections in 1913. The rapidly escalating Balkan crisis of 1914 caught France unawares, and it played only a small role in the coming of World War I. The Serbian crisis triggered a complex set of formal and secret military alliances between European states, causing most of the continent, including France, to be drawn into war within a few short weeks.

9. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com World War II Germany's Invasion of Poland in 1939 finally caused France and Britain to declare war against Germany. But the Allies did not launch massive assaults and instead kept a defensive stance: this was called the Phoney War in Britain or Drôle de guerre – the funny sort of war – in France. It did not prevent the German army from conquering Poland in a matter of weeks with its innovative Blitzkrieg tactics, also helped by the Soviet Union's attack on Poland.

10. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Cold War On 13 October 1946, a new constitution established the Fourth Republic. The Fourth Republic consisted of a parliamentary government controlled by a series of coalitions. Israel was established in 1948, and France was one of the fiercest supporters of the Jewish state, supplying it with extensive weaponry it used during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The French Republic needed an alliance with Israel to secure the Suez Canal from potential threats in a context of decolonisation. Vietnam was divided in two states while Cambodia and Laos were made independent. France left Indochina only to be replaced there by the United States, which would soon be engaged in the long Vietnam War.

11. French History © 2014 wheresjenny.com Writing(Make sentences) 2 sentences each Bulk: Recognizable:. Penetrated: Extensive: Occupation: