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Staff and students at Colegio Castilla, Interior: Javier Fernández Martín, Esteban Gómez, Torrejon de la Calzada. Esther Gili, Alberto Pieruz Quintana and José Zazo 001_003__SS6PRI_Contents_M1.indd 2 24/04/15 09:39 Table of contents Social Sciences 6 MODULE 1: The world around us Unit Contents Page 1 Spain Spain 4 What’s Spain’s political geography like? 6 What are provinces? 8 What’s Spain’s relief like? 10 What are Spain’s rivers like? 12 What are Spain’s coasts and islands like? 14 Let’s work together! 16 Project time! 17 Let’s revise! 18 2 Europe Europe 20 Where’s Europe? 22 What are Europe’s rivers and lakes like? 24 What’s Europe’s relief like? 26 What’s Europe’s coastline like? 28 Let’s work together! 30 Project time! 31 Let’s revise! 32 Glossary 34 001_003__SS6PRI_Contents_M1.indd 3 24/04/15 09:39 UNIT 1 a Spain b G ETTING STARTED 1 Read the text on page 5. Then copy and complete the sentences in your notebook. a) It in the north of Spain. b) In the south of Spain winters are usually . 2 Match these descriptions to the photos. a) A dormant volcano c) Moorish architecture b) A Meseta landscape d) A volcanic landscape 2 3 Listen and match. Can you identify the language? O- a) Speaker 1 1. Català GE FACT b) Speaker 2 2. Euskera More than 60 million tourists visit Spain every c) Speaker 3 3. Galego year. This means Spain was the third-most visited 4 Find out about the diff erent languages spoken in Spain. country in the world a er a) How many diff erent languages are spoken in Spain? France and the United b) How do you say ʻGood morning!ʼ in the diff erent languages? States in 2013. hi 5 T n k! Think about this unit. a) What do you already know about the physical and political geography of Spain? Make a mind map. b) What do you want to learn about the physical and political geography of Spain? Write three questions. 4 The world around us 004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 4 19/01/16 16:28 c d e Spain has diverse landscapes and di erent climates. There are long rivers, high mountains and green valleys. It rains more in the north than in the south. Around the Meseta, in central Spain, it’s usually hot and dry in summer and cold in winter. Temperatures in the south are mild in winter, except in highland areas, and hot in summer. We can nd a range of architectural styles in Spain which shows the di erent periods in the country’s history. These include the Moorish Alhambra and Roman structures in Mérida and Segovia. Spain is also a culturally and linguistically diverse country. Most people speak Spanish (Castellano) but other languages are also spoken, such as Catalan (Català), Basque (Euskera) and Galician (Galego). 5 5 004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 5 19/01/16 16:29 What’s Spain’s political geography like? Spain is located in the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe. The capital of the Spanish state is Madrid. The country has land borders with France and Andorra in the north, Portugal in the west and Gibraltar in the south. It also has a border with Morocco on the African continent. G ETTING STARTED 1 Test your partner. Give clues about: a) bodies of water surrounding Spain. b) autonomous communities. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities. These were created by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Two of these, Canarias and IIles Balears, are archipelagos. There are two autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in North Africa. 6 The world around us 004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 6 19/01/16 16:29 Each autonomous community has its own capital and government. O- Some communities also have their own language and law code. GE FACT Autonomous communities are responsible for some public services. Is it possible to be in two For example they organise: countries at once? A small education and healthcare. town, called Llívia, is in the middle of the French social services. Pyrenees but is part of regional tourism. Girona. It’s separated from the rest of Spain by a 1.6 km-long road. A CTIVITIES 2 Copy and complete the sentences in your notebook. a) Spain has land borders with . b) The autonomous cities of and are located in North Africa. c) There are autonomous communities. d) Spain is surrounded by in the north, in the south and in the west. 3 3 Listen and look at the map. Which autonomous communities are being described? 4 Find out about diff erent autonomous communities. a) Choose a diff erent autonomous community from the one where you live. b) Use the Internet or an encyclopedia to fi nd out as much as possible: location, population, main economic activities and major cities. c) Does it have its own language? Translate a sentence of your choice into English using a programme on the Internet. d) Present your fi ndings to the class. If there is a language, say the phrase. hi 5 T n k! Can you think of ways to remember the autonomous communities? For example, think of a mnemonic for the names of the autonomous communities in the north of Spain. 4 6 QUIZ Check your learning. 7 004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 7 19/01/16 16:29 What are provinces? Each autonomous community is made up of one province or more. Seven of the 17 autonomous communities have only one province and are sometimes referred to as uniprovincial communities. Cantabria, for example, is an autonomous community with just one province. Andalucía has eight. G ETTING STARTED 1 Answer these questions in your notebook. a) Which autonomous communities do these provinces belong to? Cádiz Burgos Tarragona Ciudad Real Badajoz b) Which autonomous communities have only one province? Spain has 50 provinces. They define theelectoral They were created in 1833. districts and are important for assigning postcodes and telephone prefixes. Provinces are subdivided into municipalities. Most, but not all, provinces are named after their main town or city. 8 The world around us 004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 8 19/01/16 16:29 Some provinces, such as A Coruña and Alicante, have a coastline. Others O are completely inland, such as Ávila and Soria. There are three provinces GE -FACT made up of islands. Until the year 2000, car Two of these are in Canarias: registration plates identi ed the province where they Santa Cruz de Tenerife includes Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and were from. For example, El Hierro. B was for Barcelona, M for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria includes Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura Madrid, SE for Sevilla and and Lanzarote. CA was for Cádiz. Illes Balears is the third island province. It’s just one province consisting of: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera and some smaller islands, such as Cabrera. A CTIVITIES 2 Match to make sentences. a) Spain’s provinces were… 1. aft er their principal town or city. b) Most of the provinces are named… 2. have only one province. c) Seven of the autonomous communities… 3.