UNIT 3 WE PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC LIFE

 What we have learned:

   -          Spain snapshot
-          Spain’s Government
-          Population
-          Population of Spain

 

1.       SPAIN SNAPSHOT

          -           Spain is located in the southwest of Europe.

-          A border is the end of one territory and the begging of another.

-          Spain’s borders are divided into:

o   Natural borders: Pirineos, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Catabrian Sea.

o   Political borders: Andorra, Francia, Portugal, Marruecos.

 

2.       SPAIN’S GOVERNMENT

Spain is a DEMOCRATIC STATE, citizens make the decisions.

The CONSTITUTION is the most important law. It establishes rights, freedoms, responsibilities, so on.

INSTITUTIONS:

Spain is a parliamentary monarchy. The king Felipe VI is the head of State.

 

GENERAL INSTITUTIONS:

-          Institution that pass the laws: CORTES GENERALES (Congreso de los Diputados y Senado)

-          Insitution that apply the laws: GOVERNMENT

-          Institution that judge: JUISTICE.

 

TERRITORIAL INSTITUTIONS:

-          COMUNIDADES AUTÓNOMAS: is made up of provinces. It’s law is the Estatuto de Autonomía.

-          PROVINCIAS: They are made up of municipios.

-          MUNICIPIOS: It is the smallest territorial division. It has a local council.

 

3.       POPULATION

Population is the number of people who live in a place.

 

WHERE DO WE LEARN ABOUT POPULATION?

-          MUNICIPAL REGISTER: shows people who live in a municipality.

-          CENSUS: shows people who live in a country.

 

CHANGES OF POPULATION:

-          POPULATION INCREASES: birth rate and immigration (people who come to a place).

-          POPULATION DECREASES: death rate and emigration (people who leave a place).

 

4.       POPULATION OF SPAIN

Spain’s population is 48 million people.

Natural growth in Spain is negative because there are less babies than death people.

Net migration in Spain is positive because there are more immigrants than emigrant people.

Spain population is ageing because there is more people over 65 years old than people under 16 years old