| A | B |
| Lille | cotton and linen fabric center |
| Seine | most important commercial river |
| Biarritz | ocean resort |
| Lyon | silk center |
| Pyrenées | mountains separating France and Spain |
| Paris | capital of France |
| Reims | coronation site of the kings of France |
| Le Havre | chief port on the English Channel |
| Loire | longest river of France |
| Clermont-Ferrand | tire center |
| Marseille | port on Mediterranean Sea |
| Strasbourg | center of the Council of Europe |
| Bordeaux | industrial city on the Garonne River |