Section a: Fruit and vegetable consumption- USA map
Section b: World map by skyscrapers
Section c: USA event
1775
During the Second Continental Congress Benjamin Franklin was
appointed the first postmaster general. In 1792, Post Office Department was formed
from Franklin's action
Section d: world event
1990
English engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee
invented the World Wide Web which most popular way of accessing online data in
the form of websites and hyperlinks
Section e: Italy and France
Italy Facts
1.
1.
Nick name – ‘Bel
Paese’ (beautiful country)
2.
Capital: Rome (founded
in 753 BC)
3.
Official languages: Italian.
4.
Currency: Euro. (previously
lira).
5.
Italy is divided into
20 regions with 5 autonomous regions.
6.
Italy is 10th largest
among EU countries.
7.
It has land border with
France, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City
8.
Italy holds third
largest oil reserve among the European Countries behind Norway and UK, but it does
extract limited quantities and as such it has to import crude oil mainly from
African countries.
9.
Football or soccer is
the national sports in Italy. (won Football World Cup 4 times - 1934, 1938,
1982 and 2006)
10.
According to UNESCO
report, in Italy overall adult literacy rate
is 98.85%. Male literacy rate is 99.14% while female literacy rate is 98.58%. In
Italy education is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age. Some of the Italian
universities are reckoned among the
oldest universities in the world. University of Bolonga was founded in 1088 and
it is the oldest university in Europe.
11.
Italy has more than
1500 lakes of which Lake Garda (143 Sq. miles is the largest in the country and
ranks third among those in the Alps.
12.
The Appian way (62 Km.
long) connecting Rome with Brindisi is
one of the earliest and strategically most important roads of the Italian
Republic. It was built in 312 BC.
13.
Indigenous people include the Latins, the Greeks, the Sarbines
and the Etruscans. It is believed that Latins (Indo-Europeans) migrated to
Italian Peninsula during the late Bronze
Age (1200-900 BC) while the Etruscans settled there prior to that.
14.
Modern Italy was
formed on 17th March, 1861 when most of the states of the Italian Peninsula and
the two Sicilis kingdoms united under the ruler Victor EmanuelII of Sardinia.
15.
In 1605 French
explorer Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent European
settlements at Port Royal and in 1608 in Quebec City
16.
The Italian
Renaissance (14th century - 17th century) was period of cultural restoration
and renewed interest in classical antiquity after the centuries of Dark Ages.
It began in Tuscany and was centered in Florence.
17.
The most famous Italian
explorers are Christopher Columbus who sailed for Spain, Giovanni da Verrazzano
for France, Amerigo Vespucci for Portugal
18.
Italian scientists namely
Falloppio, Tartaglia, Galileo, Torricelli and foreign nationals like Copernicus
and Vesalius worked in Italian universities during the renaissance period.
19.
In literature there
were three great poets Dante Alighieri (writer of Divine Comedy), Petrarch (writer
of Canzoniere) and Boccaccio (writer of Decameron).
20.
In art artists like
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Giotto di Bondone, Raphael, Masaccio
produced exceptional work like the Florence Cathedral, St. Peter's Basilica,
Tempio Malatestiano
21.
Many commonly used
items in our daily lives such as battery, thermometer, barometer, nitroglycerin
and wireless telegraphy. And there are more, such as, ice cream cone, typewriter, violin,
cello, piano, mechanical clock, optical glasses, scooter and
telephone were invented by Italians.
22.
Italy is culturally
very rich and famous for its art, music, fashion and food. The famous Ballet
dance art was originated in Italy and later was exported to France.
France Facts
1
1.
1.
Capital – Paris
2.
Official language –
French
3.
Currency – Euro
4.
Four main province-
Northern France, Eastern France, Western France and Southern France
5.
Border countries – Italy,
Germany, Belgium, Spain, Monaco, Andora, Switzerland and Luxemburg.
6.
At present France has
no significant reserves of minerals and oils and has to depend on imports from
other countries to meet its requirement so far as industrial minerals are
concerned.
7.
France has become 8th
largest wind power nation in the world.
8.
France is one among
the most sports oriented country in the world. A variety of sports are played
most popular among them being football, cycling and tennis.
9.
France has about 30000
Kms of railway net work which is second largest in Europe, after Germany and
ninth in the world. It has pioneered in introducing high speed technology in
railway trains. Paris Gare du Nord, one of the oldest railway station in the world,
is the busiest railway station in Europe handling 190 million passengers in a
year.
10.
Europe’s highest
mountain, Mont Blanc (4810 metres) is situated in French Alps.
11.
Nice Carnival is the Winter
festival of grand parades and wonderful fireworks. Les Choregies d’ Orange-
Summer festival of celebration of Opera. Festival of Avignon one of the oldest
festivals celebrated in France is the festival of art and culture. Tour de
France a gala cycling competition being celebrated for over hundred years is
one of the most prestigious and exciting French festivals. Mardi Gras a traditional
French festival when people come out on the streets with huge masks and pancakes,
waffles and omelets.
12.
Ro-La trains is a form
of piggyback transportation which involves the transmission of road trucks by rail
is very popuar.
13.
French education is
compulsory for children of ages 6 to 16 years and free in state schools.
14.
History of France
traces back to iron age when the region which comprises the modern day France
was known as Gaul and was a part of Roman Empire since 51 BC.
15.
Paris was founded in
3rd century BC by the Gauls (Parisii)
16.
It came in the
Frankish dominance under rule of the Frankish king Clovis I in the late 5th
century. Frankish power reached its fullest extent under Charlemagne.
17.
The medieval Kingdom
of France emerged from the western part of Charlemagne's Carolingian
Empire, known as West Francia, and achieved increasing prominence under the
rule of the House of Capet, founded by Hugh Capet in 987. The
name France originates from overthrow of Roman Gaul by Germanic tribe
Franks.
18.
France was a
monarchy from 5th century to the 18th century
19.
In 1789 the Bourbon dynasty was overthrown,
and in 1792 replaced by a republic after French Revolution against royal rule
20.
The French Revolution
which lasted 10 years from 1789 to 1799 started with the storming of the
Bastille fortress on 14th July 1789, an event that is celebrated every year all
over France known as Bastille Day.
21.
The most popular nickname for Paris is
"the City of Lights" ("la Ville des Lumières", although in
French, one would rather say "la Ville Lumière"). It's called this
because Paris was one of the first cities to have electricity.
22.
The Eiffel Tower built
for the 1889 World Fair was supposed to stand for 20 years.
23.
Rooster is the
national animal of France.
24.
The potato was
illegal in France! Potatoes were illegal in France for 24 years from
1748 when French Parliament prohibited the cultivation of the potato because
it was thought to cause leprosy.
25.
France is the world's
sixth largest agricultural producer and EU's leading agricultural power,
accounting for about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU.
26.
France is the most
popular tourist destination.
27.
France is the second major
trading country in Europe (after Germany). 60% of French trade is with European
Union countries.
28.
France is the world's
sixth largest agricultural producer and EU's leading agricultural power, accounting for
about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU. Northern As the world's
second-largest agricultural exporter, France ranks just after the United
States.
29.
In December 2013 world’s
first artificial heart transplant was carried out in France’s Georges Pompidou
Hospital in Paris.
Section f: quiz
Q:
The cell cycle ( in eukaryotes) is monitored by what?
What is Nephelococcygia?
A:
Finding shapes in clouds
Proteins
