Landon Pont and Pamela Meyer

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SPAIN

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• Landon Pont and Pamela Meyer

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Position or site occupied or available for
occupancy or marked by some distinguishing
feature
L o c a t i o n -

• Located 40 N 4 W
• Location Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay
  of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic
  Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of
  France
• Resources limestone, graphite, mineral sands,
  gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower
• Terrain mostly low, flat to rolling plain
  mountains in south-central interior

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a particular city ,village, or area with
distinctive physical and human characteristics
that distinguish it from other places
Place -

• Name Spain
• Population 19,576,783
• Total area 65,610 km
• Customs people get up late and stay out late
  because of the long periods of sunlight, also
  restaurants are open from 100-400p.m. for lunch
  and 900-1200 for dinner. Its polite to tip 10
  of your meal cost.
• Religions Buddhist 70, Hindu 15, Christian
  8, Muslim 7 (1999)
• Languages Sinhala (official and national
  language) 74, Tamil (national language) 18,
  other 8
• Ethnic groups Sinhalese 74, Tamil 18, Moor 7,
  Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1
• National holiday Independence Day, 4 February
  (1948)
• Agriculture - products rice, sugarcane, grains,
  pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts
  milk, eggs, hides, beef
• Schools preschool 4-6 Secondary 6-12 higher
  secondary 12-16 college 17-18
• Houses small 2 to 4 bedroom , made of stucco.
• Music pop, rock, folk music, etc.
• Arts baroque, modern art, classical art
• Recreation soccer, golf, skiing and hunting
• Climate tropical monsoon northeast monsoon
  (December to March) southwest monsoon (June to
  October
• Landforms mostly low, flat to rolling plain
  mountains in south-central interior
• Animals variety of snakes and lizards, buzzards,
  fox, owls weasels, chipmunks, bats, geckos, etc.

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interactions between people and environment and
how human beings use the Earth
Relationship Within Places -

• Labor force - by occupation services 64,
  manufacturing, mining, and construction 29,
  agriculture 7 (2001 est.) Farming and Fishing
• People Adapted to Climate By building their
  houses of stucco because they stay pretty cold in
  Spains hot climate. And most people stay out
  later because of the hot climate.
• Use of resources Building, gasses to run
  machines, trading and selling
• Forms of energy renewable resources, wind, solar
  power, hydroelectric, and fossil fuels
• Environment - current issues pollution of
  the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and
  effluents from the offshore production of oil and
  gas water quality and quantity nationwide air
  pollution deforestation desertification
• History Some Important  Dates200 BC- 414 AD-
  Spain ruled by Romans.414-711- Spain ruled by
  Visigoths, and became  a Christian
  country711-1491- Christians fought the
  moors1808- French armies under Napoleon captured
  Madrid1936-1939- Spanish civil war between
  republicans and nationalists won by Franco1975-
  Franco died, King Juan Carlos became King1986-
  Spain joined Europe

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interaction among people and other life forms
located in different places and different
enviroments
Movement -

• Where do the majority of people live in this
  country? The majority of the people live on the
  coast near Seville, Valencia or Barcelona
• How are goods, services, and people transported
  within this country? Things are transported by
  railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, ports
  and harbors and airports.
• How are people, goods, services and ideas moved
  to and from this country?Telephones, internet,
  railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, ports
  and harbors and airports move things to and from
  the country.
• What methods do people use to communicate ideas
  and information?Telephones and the internet and
  personal contact.
• How have traditions and customs passed from one
  generation to another? By personal contact and
  stories, songs, myths, etc.
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parts of the Earths surface that hare one or
more characteristics that distinguish them from
surrounding areas
Regions -

• What kind of government does this country have
  and how was it formed? Spain has a parliamentary
  monarchy
• What political regions are located within this
  country?
• What are some of the unique characteristics of
  these regions?
• What are some of the major tourist attractions
  found in this country?

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Bibliography

• The World Fact Book 2002(Spain)
  http//www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
  /sp.html 7 November 2002
• Latin American Network information Center
  http//www.lanic.utexas.edu/ 7 November 2002