Spain

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Spain

• Kingdom of Spain

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General Information

• Spain was the most powerful empire in the world
  during the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Eventually England took over control of the seas.

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• Britain, France, and Germany embraced the
  industrial revolution. Spain did not and
  therefore Spain did not gain wealth and power.
• Spain was a neutral country in WWI and WWII.

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• Spain had a devastating Civil War from 1936
  through 1939.
• In the second half of the 20th Century, Spain has
  been trying to catch up economically.

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Location

• Absolute
• 40 North Latitude. 4 West Longitude.
• Relative
• Southwestern Europe. Borders on the Bay of
  Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean,
  Pyrenees Mountains, and the southwest region of
  France.

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Place

• Area Comparative
• A little more than two times the size of Oregon.
• Climate
• Temperate, clear. Hot summers in the interior.
  Cloudy along the coast. Cold winters in the
  interior.

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• Terrain Large, flat and dissected plateau.
  Rugged hills surround the plateau. Pyrenees
  Mountains in the North.
• Natural Hazards
• Periodic droughts.

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• Nationality Spanish. Spaniard.
• Ethnic Groups Combination of Mediterranean and
  Nordic people.
• Languages spoken include
• Castilian Spanish (official), Catalan, and
  Galician, and Basque.
• Capital is Madrid.

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Religion
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Human and Environmental Interaction

• Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw
  sewage.
• Offshore production of oil and gas causes
  industrial effluents to pollute the water as
  well.
• Air pollution
• Deforestation
• Desertification

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Movement

• Railways
• Highways
• Waterways
• Pipelines
• Ports and Harbors
• Airports- 93 total. 59 are not paved.

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• European gateway for Latin American cocaine.
• Allows North African Hashish into the country.
• Destination and minor transshipment point for
  Southwest Asian Heroin.

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Region

• Gibraltar is in dispute with the United Kingdom.
• Morocco and Spain have disputes over Cueta,
  Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera.