French Guiana by Avery Guo (Student) https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y French B4 2018 en-us 2018-10-01 17:43:38 UTC 2018-10-05 02:05:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Geography averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287775475 - overseas department of France
  • on the northeastern coast of South America with Brazil to the south and east, Suriname to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast
  • Capital is cayenne
]]> 2018-10-01 17:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287775475 Population averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287776815  282,731 people (2017)]]> 2018-10-01 17:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287776815 averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287777500 2018-10-01 17:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287777500 Languages averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287778676 Official language: French 
  • Other spoken languages: Creole , Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Amer-Indian Language and English

]]> 2018-10-01 17:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287778676 Economy cont. averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287779539 2018-10-01 17:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287779539 Economy averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287779710 - developing market economy
- A rocket-launching base at Kourou, used by the European Space Agency, is of great importance to the economy, accounting for about one-fourth of the country’s annual (GDP) 
- Services, manufacturing, and construction are the largest categories of the economy
- The gross national income (GNI) per capita is among the highest in South America.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287779710 History averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287780664 - French Guiana was originally awarded to France in 1667 by the Treaty of Breda which was between England, the Dutch Republic, France, and Denmark, and brought to an inconclusive end the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67).  
- From 1852 until 1939, however, the French actually used this territory as a penal colony (used to exile prisoners and separate them by placing them in a remote location)

]]> 2018-10-01 17:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287780664 Politics averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287782004 - French Guiana is governed by the French as a territorial collectivity of France and, is a part of the French Republic
- It sends two elected representatives to the National Assembly and two to the Senate
- Local government is headed by a prefect and by a 51-member Assembly. ]]> 2018-10-01 18:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/287782004 averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289394201 2018-10-04 21:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289394201 Cultural aspects averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289394755
  • French Guiana’s cultural environment reflects the diverse background of the resident ethnic communities. Indigenous and African crafts, customs, and arts are all part of its culture . A distinctive mixed-Creole culture is noticeable in the urban areas. Léon Damas, a French Guianese poet, was a leader of the Negritude movement in the 1930s
  • Food: Caribbean and Creole foods are common as well as western foods, asian cuisines, and seafood
  • Shrimp is eaten often
  • Rice is eaten with most dishes
  • Popular drinks in French Guiana include: hot tea and fruit juice
    • ]]>     2018-10-04 21:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289394755     Cultural Aspects cont. averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289395192
  • Traditions: celebrate many holidays such as
  • New Years
  • Mardi Gras
  • Ash wednesday 
  • Easter Monday
  • Victory Day (may 8th)
  • Abolition of Slavery (June)
    • Music : The music of French Guiana includes aléké, bigi pokoe, and bushee negro music. Surinamese music, especially kaseko, is also very popular in French Guiana
    ]]>     2018-10-04 21:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289395192     Sources averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289438822 https://www.britannica.com/place/French-Guiana 
    https://apecsec.org/5-interesting-facts-about-french-guiana/ 
    http://www.best-country.com/south_america/guiana/other_holiday
    https://cherry-call.co.uk/blog/19-felicitous-facts-about-french-guiana/
    ]]>     2018-10-05 01:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289438822     Interesting facts averyguo https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289438990 - eat cow-heel and iguana soup
    -Devils Island, a prison camp (1852-1946) had brutal living conditions and resulted in the death of 90% of its prisoner population
    -size of territory is about 32,253 sq. miles - a little bigger than the size of Scotland 
    -French have been inhabitants of French Guiana since 1624
    -average life span is 77 years ]]>     2018-10-05 01:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/averyguo/j9tayw79f93y/wish/289438990