Spain

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/spain

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Spain?Approximately 47.4 million people
2. How big is Spain?Approximately 505,990 square kilometers (195,360 square miles)
3. What is the capital of Spain?Madrid
4. What kind of government does Spain have?Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy
5. What language do people speak in Spain?Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language
6. What is the economic rank (EU)?Fourth-largest economy in the European Union

Constitutional Monarchy: A system of government where a monarch is the head of state, but their powers are limited by a constitution.
Parliamentary Democracy: A government where citizens elect representatives to a parliament, which then forms the government.
Reconquista: The centuries-long historical process by which Christian kingdoms gradually retook territory from Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
Al-Andalus: The Muslim-ruled territory on the Iberian Peninsula, flourishing culturally and scientifically.