France elects a new president

Q: Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron on Sunday decisively defeated right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen to become France’s new president. Where is France?

Circle the area on this map


Q: The election, which Macron won with 66 percent of the vote, was seen as key to the future of not only France but Europe as whole. Le Pen had said France should quit . . .

A. Eurozone

B. European Union

C. NATO

D. All of the above

Q: On Friday, hackers released emails and documents stolen from Macron’s campaign. Where were those hackers believed to be based?

A. France

B. Germany

C. Russia

D. United States

Q: France will hold another election next month to elect its legislators. The country has a semi-presidential system of government where executive power is divided between the president and . . .

A. King

B. Prime minister

C. State governors

D. Vice-president

Q: France’s government is know as the Fifth Republic and is based on a constitution adopted in 1958. France’s First Republic was established after the French Revolution. What helped cause the French Revolution?

A. American Revolution

B. English Civil War

C. Russian Revolution

D. World War I


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