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Notre monde francophone

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who speaks French, typically as their primary or first language, is called…

a)

Francophile

b)

French

c)

Francophone

d)

Français

2.

French is referred to as a “Romance” language because..

a)

French people are so romantic

b)

French is such a musical language

c)

French is derived from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.

d)

Many romance novels are written in French.

3.

“La francophonie” refers to…

a)

the French influence in the fashion industry

b)

the back streets of Paris

c)

a wanna-be French person

d)

the community of French speaking nations of the world

4.

Which of the following countries does NOT border France?

a)

Luxembourg

b)

Austria

c)

Germany

d)

Switzerland

5.

Find the French flag:

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which of the following is NOT a Francophone country of Europe:

a)

The Netherlands

b)

Switzerland

c)

Belgium

d)

Luxembourg

7.

In Luxembourg, the educational system is trilingual. Children learn Luxembourgish first in primary school, then switch to __________, and finally to French in secondary school.

a)

Italian

b)

Norwegian

c)

Swedish

d)

German

8.

The Francophone country with the most lakes and mountains per square kilometer would most likely be_________________.

a)

Sénégal

b)

Haiti

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Switzerland

9.

Many people in Canada speak French because…

a)

We lost the French and Indian War.

b)

There were many trappers and fur traders from France.

c)

The French explored and colonized “New France” in the 18th Century.

d)

The British weren’t interested in Canada.

10.

“New France” or Canada was divided into 3 districts. Which of the following was NOT one of those districts?

a)

New Orléans

b)

Québec

c)

Montréal

d)

Trois-Rivières

11.

Though Canada is bilingual, French is the sole official language in ____________________.

a)

Nova Scotia

b)

Quebec

c)

Newfoundland

d)

British Columbia

12.

These 2 tiny islands off the coast of Canada are overseas departments of France.

a)

Vancouver and Victoria

b)

St. Pierre and Miquelon

c)

Cape Breton

d)

Maui and Oahu

13.

The largest population of French speakers in the world today live on which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

14.

Besides the French and the British and the Spanish, the____________ were also early explorers & colonizers of the continent of Africa.

a)

the Americans

b)

the Portuguese

c)

the Chinese

d)

the Japanese

15.

Most of the French speaking nations of Africa are in the…

a)

south

b)

west

c)

east

d)

north and west

16.

The capital city, Dakar, of which French speaking country is located on the west coast of Africa?

a)

Mali

b)

Morocco

c)

Sénégal

d)

Ivory Coast

17.

The __________ are the largest ethnic group of Senegal.

a)

Wolofs

b)

Fulanis

c)

Toucouleurs

d)

Diolas

18.

This is the only French speaking nation on the eastern edge of the African continent.

a)

Tunisia

b)

Gabon

c)

Chad

d)

Djibouti

19.

In the North African countries of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, French is one of the official languages. The other language is:

a)

Hebrew

b)

Afrikaans

c)

Arabic

d)

Wolof

20.

The city of Timbuktu is located in which Francophone country?

a)

French Guyana

b)

Burkina Faso

c)

Belgium

d)

Mali

21.

The Democratic Republic of Congo was previously known as…

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Ivory Coast

c)

Zaire

d)

Niger

22.

Though the Ivory Coast’s largest city and economic center is Abidjan, it’s official capital is_________________.

a)

Bangui

b)

Yamoussoukro

c)

Dakar

d)

Casablanca

23.

This African country is roughly twice the size of Oregon.

a)

Mauritania

b)

Morocco

c)

Zimbabwe

d)

Cameroon

24.

The island of Réunion, an overseas department of France, is:

a)

in the Caribbean

b)

near Africa

c)

near north America

d)

uninhabited

25.

The city of Casablanca was made famous in an old black and white film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, but it is not the capital of this African country. Rabat is its capital.

a)

Algeria

b)

Madagascar

c)

Morocco

d)

Mali

26.

The following French speaking islands are found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa:

a)

Seychelles, Madagascar and Reunion

b)

Corsica and the Channel Islands

c)

Martinique and Guadeloupe

d)

Tahiti and Bora Bora

27.

This French-speaking nation is located in…

a)

North America

b)

North Africa

c)

South Africa

d)

South America

28.

This is the flag of _______________.

a)

Monaco

b)

Algeria

c)

Switzerland

d)

South Africa

29.

The capital of this French-speaking country is Nouakchott, which means "place of the winds".

a)

Benin

b)

Tunisia

c)

Chad

d)

Mauritania

30.

The countries of French Indochina did not win their independence from France until the mid 1950s after several wars. Which of these countries was NOT a part of these old French colonies?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Vietnam

c)

Japan

d)

Laos

31.

“La Guyane Française” is located_____________________.

a)

on the west coast of Africa

b)

on the coast of South America

c)

in the Indian Ocean

d)

in Europe

32.

The two official languages of Haiti are__________.

a)

English and French

b)

French and Spanish

c)

French and Cajun

d)

French and Creole

33.

Which of these is a French speaking island that used to be called the "island of flowers"?

a)

Barbados

b)

Martinique

c)

Trinidad

d)

Tobago

34.

French is one of the official languages of this island nation in the South Pacific.

a)

Fiji

b)

New Caledonia

c)

Solomon Islands

d)

Malaysia

35.

Marie Curie, the first female winner of a Nobel Prize, was born in _________and studied in Paris at the Sorbonne.

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Poland

36.

« Laissez les bons temps rouler » - a cajun French expression - has become the slogan for this Mardi Gras city.

a)

St. Louis

b)

Bâton Rouge

c)

Detroit

d)

New Orleans