SPAIN – SOCIAL STUDIES

Where is Spain? Colour it in the map below.

In which continent is Spain? ________________________________

Label in the map the Autonomous Communities and the countries bordering with
Spain

Label in the map the mountain ranges, seas, oceans and rivers.
Complete the sentences and fill in the blanks:

- Spain is divided into __________________________. There are _____. There are

____ Autonomous cities: _______________ and _______________. Each one has a
Capital, a flag, a coat of arms and an anthem.

_____________: Its colours have a special significant for the region.

_____________: They represent the history of each community.

_____________: People sing it on special days.

- How many archipelagos are there in Spain? _______.

Name them: ____________________________________________________.

- Spain has borders:

In the North with: ______________ and _______________.

In the west with _____________.

Complete the sentences. Mouth

- The place where a river begins is the _______________. Source

- A small river that flows into a big river is a ________________. Tributary

- The place where a river ends is the ______________.
 Label the Autonomous Community with its capital:

Santiago de Compostela Oviedo Vitoria Logroño Pamplona

Barcelona Toledo Zaragoza Valladolid Mérida Madrid

Valencia Sevilla Murcia Palma de Mallorca Santander

Andalucia Extremadura
Islas Baleares Murcia
La Rioja Aragon
Galicia Asturias
Cataluña Cantabria
Pais Vasco Castilla la Mancha
Comunidad de Madrid Castilla Leon
Navarra Comunidad Valenciana

Answer the questions:

- What rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean?

- What rivers flow into the Mediterranean Sea?

- What mountain range is a natural border with France?

- What is the highest mountain in Spain?

- What is the highest mountain in the Iberian Peninsula?

- What is the longest river in Spain?

- What are the 2 mountain ranges in the center of Spain?

- Order the rivers in Spain from South to North:

- Order the mountain ranges in Spain from North to South:

Complete the table with the words in the box:

Elsa and Pisuerga Galicia Mediterranean Sea Tajo

Guadalquivir Atlantic Ocean Lagunas de Ruidera
Extremadura Miño Jarama Jalon Andalucia

Rivers Source Passes through Tributaries Flows into

Sierra de Meira Sil
Duero Castilla Leon
Sierra de Cazorla Genil
Guadiana Zancara
Castilla la Mancha Atlantic Ocean
and Madrid
Ebro Fontibre spring Aragon

Write true or false and correct the false ones.

- The Sistema Central forms a natural border with France.

- The big plateau in the center of Spain is called the Mountain range.

- The Cordillera Cantabrica is in the North of Spain.

- The Sistema Central is in the North of Montes de Toledo.

- The Guadalquivir is in the North of Spain.

- Sierra Morena is in Andalucia.

- Spain has 23 Autonomous Comunities.

- The Duero is the longest river in Spain.