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Spain Research Flip Book Research Flip Book 2019 Stacey Jones at Simple Living. Creative Learning PINTEREST! | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form by any means without prior permission of the publisher. This workbook is licensed for personal/family use only. YOU MAY: ! Use these files for personal use only. ! Use in your personal classroom ! Download the files to your personal computer. ! Print as many copies as you would like to use for your personal use. ! Direct other to our website: https://simplelivingcreativelearning.com YOU MAY NOT: ! Edit any of these printables. ! Share the files with anyone else. ! Store or sell them on any website. ! Claim them as your own. ! Print and sell or distribute them to others Graphics and Font: Facts & Flag & Facts Research Flip Book Map This is how the book will look when printed out and stapled Culture together on the left hand side. History Interesting Interesting Name: Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Research Flip Book Name: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Facts & Flag & Facts Quick Facts Capital City: Religion: Population: Language: Continent: Currency: Neighbouring Countries: Government: Flag Color in the Flag. The flag of Spain has three horizontal bands on it. The top and bottom bands are red while the middle band is thicker and golden yellow in color. Off center on the yellow band is the Spanish coat of arms. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Map Find Spain on the world map and color it in. Map ! Place a star where the capital city is ! Write in the Bay of Biscay ! Write in the Mediterranean Sea ! Write in France and Portugal where they are located ! Draw in the Pyrenees Mountains Spain has a land area size of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Culture Music ~ Guitar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Music ~ Castanets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Culture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flamenco !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! History Matador !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sagrada Familia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paella History !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Interesting Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interesting Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Spain Spain is located in the Northern Hemisphere in Europe and occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula. It is separated from France by the Pyrenees Mountains while the Strait of Gibraltar separates it from Africa on the South. One the west of Spain is Portugal and on the east is the Mediterranean Sea. Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe with an area of 505,990sq km or 195,360sq miles. The capital city of Spain is Madrid, which is the largest city in Spain. The country has a population of around 47 million people. The language most spoken in Spain in Spanish. Many people around the world also speak Spanish due to the early influence of the Spanish Empire. The currency used in Spain is the Euro which replaced the Spanish Peseta in 2002. The current flag of Spain has three horizontal bands. The top and bottom bands take up one-quarter each of the flag and are colored red. The center band is golden yellow in color. Just off center is the Spanish coat of arms. The current flag was adopted on the 6th December, 1978, though before that, the flag design had been changed many times over the years. The largest religion in Spain is Catholic, though only many Spaniards don’t consider religion as very important. The government of Spain is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy based on the Spanish Constitution. The government has three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The head of state is the King, but the actual leader of the government is the prime minister. Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Spain The Spanish (flamenco) guitar is usually made from cypress and spruce. This guitar has a bright tone. The action on a flamenco guitar is much lower, so the player can move quickly onto the fretboard on which they play runs on. The top of a flamenco guitar is also often thinner as is the wood on the back and sides of the guitar. This helps with more projection of sound. Castanets are a percussion instrument that consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string. They are held in the hand and produce clicks for rhythmic accents. They are usually used in the Spanish folk dance known as ‘Sevillanas’. The Flamenco is a dance that is used for special festivities. During this dance, you will hear acoustic guitar music, singing, hand claps, heel stamps and sometimes castanets. This dance has no set tempo, including both fast and slow passages, usually rising to a climax near the end. Bull fighting is a sport that has been part of the Spanish culture, dating back to the 1600s. Brave matadors fight bulls that weigh about 500kg or 1,100 pounds each. The matador wears a highly decorated costume of tight, embroidered pants, a short jacket and a highly embroidered shirt as well as a hat, stockings and slippers. The Sagrada Familia is a large, unfinished Roman Catholic temple in Barcelona. Construction began is 1882 and is estimated to be completed in 2026. The architect Antoni Gaudi died in 1926, when only a quarter of the project had been completed. Over the years, 9 architects have taken on the project, only to walk away due to numerous obstacles. Once completed, it will be the tallest church in the world. Paella is made in an iron pan called a paellera,, which is a large, round shallow dish with a small handle on two sides. Paella is a rice dish with green beans, meat, lima beans orbutterbeans, seasonings and sometimes even snails. Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Research Flip Book Facts & Flag & Facts Research Flip Book Map This is how the book will look when printed out and stapled Culture together on the left hand side. History Interesting Interesting Name: Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Research Flip Book Name: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Facts & Flag & Facts Quick Facts Capital City: Religion: Population: Language: Continent: Currency: Neighbouring Countries: Government: Flag Color in the Flag. The flag of Spain has three horizontal bands on it. The top and bottom bands are red while the middle band is thicker and golden yellow in color. Off center on the yellow band is the Spanish coat of arms. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Map Find Spain on the world map and color it in. Map ! Place a star where the capital city is ! Write in the Bay of Biscay ! Write in the Mediterranean Sea ! Write in France and Portugal where they are located ! Draw in the Pyrenees Mountains Spain has a land area size of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Culture Music ~ Guitar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Music ~ Castanets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Culture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flamenco !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! History Matador !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sagrada Familia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paella History !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simple Living. Creative Learning ! Interesting Facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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