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Iberia
Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar
Terms and Places
Basques are a minority that is unrelated to any other European ethnic group.
Gibraltar is a British colony at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Catalan are the largest minority group within Spain.
Iberia is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal.
Objectives
• Identify Spain and Portugal on a blank map of Europe.
• Explain how the physical geography of Iberian Peninsula divided cultures and languages.
• Discuss Spain’s minorities.
• Identify which invasion made Iberian culture different from other Western European cultures.
• Identify the narrow strait dividing Spain from Africa and tell which nation has a colony there.
• Explain why so few invasions have occurred across Spain’s northern border.
Pyrenees
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Spain
Portugal
Andorra
Madeira Islands
Atlantic Ocean
France
What kind of map is this?
Compare the precipitation of Spain to the rest of Europe.
Compare the altitude of
Spain to the other nations
of Europe.
What kind of map is this?
Spain is a high and dry country.
Spain is not only divided from France by mountains, Spain is also internally divided by mountains.
Modern-day roads make mountain travel easier, but for many centuries…
…communities on one side of the mountains
…grew separated from communities on the other side.
The Spanish are the majority ethnic group.
(Span
ish )
Because these mountains separate people, separate ethnic groups develop.
The Basques speak a language unrelated to any other known language.
The Spanish are the majority ethnic group.
(Span
ish )
These mountains have led to the development of separate ethnic groups.
The Catalan People are the
largest minority.
The Catalans
Spanish CatalanEnglish French
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Sometimes Catalan is like Spanish, but other times more like French.
Compare the population of Spain to the rest of western Europe.
The population of Portugal is denser than that of Spain.
Madrid is the largest city and capital of Spain.
Madrid
Almost nobody lives in the nation of Andorra.
Basque RegionThe population of Spain is low compared to the rest of western Europe.
Spain, Portugal, and Andorra are of the Catholic religion, just as most of Western Europe.
Even so, Spain’s economy is terrible.
Spain belongs to the Eurozone and uses the Euro as its currency.
Pyrenees
Bay of Biscay
Gibraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Spain
Portugal
Andorra
Atlantic Ocean
In the south of Iberia is the tiny colony of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar belongs to the British.
Of all of Western Europe, only Iberia was successfully invaded by the Muslims.
In some ways, this changed their culture, making it unique in Western Europe.
Traditional Spanish and Portuguese foods
Chickpea and Asparagus Empanadas
Seafood paella
Arroz al Horno
Which color encircles the Iberian Peninsula?
What separates Spain from France?
The Pyrenees Mountains
The Straits of Gibraltar
The English Channel
The Riviera
What is the name of the peninsula that contains both Spain and Portugal?
Iberia
OR
The Iberian Peninsula
What lies to the west of Iberia?
The Pyrenees Mountains
The Mediterranean
The English Channel
The Atlantic Ocean
What lies to the east of Iberia?
The Pyrenees
The Mediterranean
The English Channel
The Alps
What is on the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula?
The Pyrenees
Barcelona
The Basque Region
Gibraltar
Who is in charge of Gibraltar?France
United Kingdom
Morocco
Spain
The population of the Iberian Peninsula is:
Higher than the rest of Western Europe.
About the same as the rest of Western Europe
Much lower than the rest of Western Europe
The economy of the Iberian Peninsula is:
Better than most of Western Europe.
About the same as most of Western Europe
Much worse than most of Western Europe
What influence made Iberian culture somewhat different than the rest of Western Europe?
Iberia has easy access to the sea while most of Europe is landlocked.
Iberia was invaded and occupied by Muslims for several centuries.
Iberia remained Catholic when the rest of Europe turned to Protestantism.
Spain contains several minorities. Which one has a language unrelated to any known language on Earth?
The Basques
The Leonese
The Catalan
The Aragonese
Which of Spain’s minorities has the largest population?
The Basques
The Leonese
The Catalan
The Aragonese
Please read the National Geographic Kids article “Spain” found at http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/spain.html
Franco and the
Spanish Civil War
