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23 Cards in this Set
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River that begins at lake Constance
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Rhine
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River through the Ardennes; lots of battles along it
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Meuse
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City on the Garrone RIver
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Bordeaux
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Where was Eleanor from? (Woman who united Spain, England, and France and led one of the Crusades)
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Aquitaine
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~12 million people, art, museums, NGOs, economic organizations, large immigrant population
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Paris
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largest economic center of Europe, media, science, arts, tourism, design, second only to Milan in fashion
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Paris
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#2 city, in the South, biggest seaport
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Marseille
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Lots of drugs, lots of immigrants, oil refinery center with pipelines to the capital
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Marseille
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Huge fishing industry, entertainment center, manufactures helicopters and underwater equipment, Zinedine Zidane
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Marseille
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Ancient Roman city, on Rhone river, economic metropol of France, 2 Roman emperors from here
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Lyon
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Silk capital of the world, technopol, medical research capital of the world, culinary capital of France, biotechnology
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Lyon
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#4 City, on Garrone River in Girronde Estuary, anarchist radicals, red wine, space and defense industry - laser tech.
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Bordeaux
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Capital of Savoy region, ski capital, vineyards, 3 winter olympics
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Grenoble
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Beach town, >1 million people, capital of French riviera, Matisse was from here
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Nice
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capital of Brittany, Pugeau factory, Thompson book publishing
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Rennes
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used to be iron and steel capital of France, deindustrialized, now relies on cloth industry, in the North
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Lille
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Almost in Pyrenees Mts., capital of Aquitaine region, Air + Space capital of Europe, EADS makes Airbuses, CNES (european space agency), Motorola
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Toulouse
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Largest city of Brittany, seaport on Loir river
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Nantes
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End of Breton peninsula, French naval base
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Brest
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Closest point to England in France, "Chunnel" to england, refugee camps
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Calais
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on the Rhine, Capital of Alsace region, hippies, #2 capital of Europe, EU headquarters, council of europe, center for human rights, Green city
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Strasbourg
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Close to Ardennes, in Lorraine region, 3 universities
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Nancy
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Capital of Lorraine region, iron ore, service industry
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Metz
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