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- la mer
- sea
-
white residents from mainland
France - Blancs
- un village de pe^cheurs
- fishing village
- ...se trouve...
- is located
- la fore^t tropicale
- tropical rainforest
- the organization Martinique is a part of
-
DOM, DOM-TOM which are part of the
treaty of European Union DOM uses Euros while DOM-TOM does not - une chute d'eau
- waterfall
- un cocotier
- coconut tree
- when did the first French settlers arrive with D'Esnambus
- 1635
- un moustique
- mosquito
- named after Victor Schoelcher who worked (19th century) to abolish slavery in Martinique
- La bibliothe\que Schoelcher
- l'i^le
- island
- colore/(e)
- colorful
- when did Christopher Columbus land in Le Carbet?
- 1502
- les plages(f.)
- beaches
- largest ethnic group
- cre/oles-mixed african and european
- moins grand(e) que...
- smaller than...
- white inhabitants born on Martinique
- Be/ke/s
- un palmier
- palm tree
- a beautiful park in Fort-de-France
- La Savane
- poet and playwright who sought to restore the cultural identity of Africans
- aime/ Ce/sare
- dans l'est
- in the east
- most famous woman of Martinique?
- Jose/phine married Napoleon Bonapart during his golden age
- 1763-1814, married to Napoleon in 1796 unable to produce an heir;was divorced in 1809
- Jose/phine de Beauharnais
- des champs(m.)de canne a\ sucre
- sugarcane fields
- le sable
- sand
- la capitale
- capital
- estate of Napoleon's first wife who was born there in 1763.
- La pagerie
- until 1902 the capital of Martinique was..?
- Saint-Pierre "le Petit Paris"
- ou\ se trouve...?
- where is...?
- why isn't Saint-Pierre the capital anymore?
- May 8, 1902 Mount Pele/e exploded, and in three minutes the entire city of 30,000 people was destroyed
- un ananas
- pineapple
- le volcan
- volcano
- contains some of the painter Paul Gaugin's original works and memorabilla from his stay in 1887
- Le muse/e Gaugin du Carbet
- qu'est-ce qu'il y a...??
-
what is there...?
- un bananier
- banana tree
- who survived the eruption of 1902
- one person--a prisoner protected by his cell walls
- capital city
- Fort-de-France
- vivant(e)
- lively
- plus grand(e) que..
- bigger than...
- Il fait
- it is (weather)
- dans l'ouest
-
in the west
- dans le nord
- in the north
- c'est comment?
- What's it like?
- dans le sud
- in the south
- charmant(e)
-
charming