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La France des Outre Mer - French territories outside mainland France in continental Europe Gaul - the name of the ancient region, now modern France Vulgar Latin - ancient language that was prevalent in the Roman Empire from which French develops Romance languages - family of languages that French...

La France des Outre Mer - French territories outside mainland France in continental Europe Gaul - the name of the ancient region, now modern France Vulgar Latin - ancient language that was prevalent in the Roman Empire from which French develops Romance languages - family of languages that French falls into - SPANISH - Italian -PORTUGUES - Romanian Franks - germanic people influenced the French language, which resulted in French sounding different from its cousin languages. Langue d'Oil - a dialect that developed into modern French François Ier- a king who made old French the official language of France 1539 - the year-old French was made the official language of France * Old French was made the official language of French in the 16th century because it was the most popular written language at that time La Francophonie is a loosely united group of nations in which French is the first, official, or culturally significant language. * 321 million speakers of French worldwide *at present, Asia is the continent in which French is not spoken daily France has colonies in: - Australia and Oceania -NORTH AMERICA - AFRICA (continent in which French is widely spoken) - ASIA Organizations in which French is an official language: - European Union - United Nations - Olympic Committee France EEZ: 11.7 million square kilometers Guiana Amazonian Park - the largest rainforest in Europe is physically located in French Guiana in South America * The French Republic has 13 timezones * France became the 4th (Fourth) country to detonate a nuclear weapon after the soviet union (USSR), the United States of America (USA), and the United Kingdom (UK) *France maintains the 3rd largest number of overseas military bases with 36,000 soldiers worldwide after the US and UK. Euros- monetary currency of French sovereign territories Clipperton Island- french island found near the United States' west coast Reunion Island- an uninhabited island that the French acquired in the 17th century Adélie island- french claim on antartica Centre Spatial Guyanais- the European space agency’s primary launch site in South America French Guiana- French territory found in South America Equator-blasting rockets should be near here. Algeria- African country and former French colony that was used in nuclear bomb detonations before moving to the Pacific Saint Pierre and Miquelon- french sovereign territory found in Canada Bora bora- a popular tourist destination in the Pacific where France detonated 193 nuclear bombs before the nuclear bomb ban in 2017 Colonization- why France has a vast global territory even in the third millennium *Overseas France, or la France d’otre mer, compromises of 18% of the total land area of the French Republic *Philippines is 5000-7000 km away from french speaking territory *Overseas French citizens are also citizens of the European union