Relief and Rivers
physical geography
What country does Spain border with to the west?
Portugal
Who are the members of the Senate? These people represent autonomous communities.
Senators
What is the number of people who are living in a certain area?
Population density
What is the point called where a tributary joins the main river or another stream?
confluence
What are the 2 autonomous cities in Spain?
Ceuta and Melilla
What does Parliamentary Monarchy mean?
The monarch (King or Queen) is the official leader of the nation but the parliament, or Cortes Generales, makes the laws.
What is the equation to get the actual increase?
natural increase + number of immigrants - number of emigrants = actual increase
Give me the 3 watersheds in Spain.
Atlantic watershed, Cantabrian watershed, and Mediterranean watershed
Complete the sentence: Spain is a decentralized state: powers are divided among different __________ ___________, ___________, and _____________.
Spain is a decentralized state: powers are divided among different autonomous communities, provinces, and municipalities.
What does the Constitution identify as the three official symbols of the State?
coat of arms, flag, and national anthem
Which immigrant nationalities does Spain receive? Give me 3
Morocco, Ukraine, Romania, and Ecuador
Give me the 5 parts of a river.
Confluence, watershed, source, tributary, mouth
Tell me the 3 steps to elect your representatives in the parliament.
- Elections are held every four years to choose deputies (representatives) for parliament.
- Deputies form parliament and choose the president of the government to head the autonomous government.
- The president chooses the councilors to run an autonomous government
What are the 4 values of the Constitution?
freedom, equality, justice, and political freedom
What is the difference of positive rate and negative rate?
Positive rate is when there are more births than deaths, and the population increases. Negative rate is when there are more deaths than births and the population decreases
Give me 5 examples of highland or lowland features in the Iberian Peninsula.
Vixia Herbeira, Hoces del Rio Duraton, The Pyrenees, Mulhacen, Sevilla, Mount Teide, The Meseta, Cota cero
The Statue of Autonomy allows autonomous communities to make decisions about what?
- their taxes or other economic matters
- organisation of healthcare
- the co-official languages such as Galician, Basque, and Valencian
- the organization of education.
What are the rights of the Spanish Constitution? Give me 5
the right to vote, choose a religion, meet others, education, strike, healthcare
Why is the Spanish population called an ageing population?
It is because people live longer today because healthy diet, exercise, socialisation and a very good public healthcare system. If the population was younger the pyramid would look more like a triangle and it would have a larger base.