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Hola! bienvenido a España . Hello! Welcome to Spain . By Mallory Hill. Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources Can Be Connected To Daily Life and Jobs?. Essential Question: How is their geography, climate, and natural resources connected to their daily life and/or jobs? Answer :
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Hola! bienvenido a España.Hello! Welcome toSpain. By Mallory Hill
Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources Can Be Connected To Daily Life and Jobs? Essential Question: How is their geography, climate, and natural resources connected to their daily life and/or jobs? Answer: • The inside of Spain is sparsely peopled, and the densest populations are focused along the coasts. ( Due to Mountains, plateaus, rivers, and rare valleys) • People try not to live where there is a lot of rainfall, they like the warm weather. • The Mediterranean shore is narrow, but has a lot of farming. Most of people live here. • The rivers in Spain, such as the Ebro, is an important source of irrigation where rainfall is not common. One third of Spain’s land is under cultivation • Climate varies according to what region it is. .
Economics, What Does This Reveal? Essential Question: What does economic data reveal about their quality of life? Answer: • Adult literacy rate for both male and female is 99% • I would say that Spain is a developing country. • They pay more for imports, about $322.7 billion than exports. • The GDP per capita is $30,400 • Unemployment rate is 24.9% • Tourism became a great source of income for Spain. • The poverty rate is 19.8% while the U.S has only 15% • Life expectancy: 77(male) 84 (female) • Economic condition have improved since Spain joined EU in 1986
Cultures Make Everyone Special Essential Question: What do we need to know about these people to understand what makes their culture unique. Answer: • They enjoy fresh vegetables, meat, eggs, chicken and fish. • Spain has many festivals. • Soccer is a main sport in spain. Such as La Tomatina Tomato Fight and the San Sebastian Drum Festival • One thing that makes their culture really unique is that they enjoy bull fighting and Flemenco. Their culture wouldn’t be the same without it. • Family is really important in Spain, and divorce rates are low. ( but they are increasing) (small family.) • Visitors/guests can only stay from at least 1 to 2 hours. • Castilian Spanish is the main language in Spain. • Religion is largely Roman Catholic nation.
Prices Changed Their Life. Essential Question: Or how has the U.S affected an event? Answer: • Spain now pays a higher price for gasoline for their car • . • Prices are going up and down in the market because Iran and the U.S are fighting, and so are Israel and Syria. • Spain is scared that they will run out of oil for the wars. • Wars are going on and the wars need gasoline. • The decreasing of GNP in the U.S also made the prices rise.