Social Science Units 1 & 2 Review questions

Review Unit 1 & 2 Social Science

Definitions:

ría

coastal bench

depression

salt marsh

freshwater lagoon

Mountains:

--Which mountain system divides the Meseta in half?

--Which is the highest peak in that system?

--Which mountain system separates the Tajo Valley from the Guadiana Valley?       Which sub-plateau is it located in?

--What is the highest summit in the Cantabrian Range? Where is it located?

--Which mountain range contains the Moncayo Peak?

--Which mountains separate the Meseta from the Guadalquivir Valley?

--Which is the highest peak in the Pyrenees?

--What is the Baetic System made up of?

Rivers:

--What landform is found at the mouth of the Ebro river?  How is it formed?

--What landform is found at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River? How is it formed?

--Where is the Doñana National Park?

-- Which ocean do the rivers on the Meseta flow into? Why?

Explain:

--What are the three factors that determine coastal features? Explain how for each one.

--What are the geographic borders of Spain? 

--What does the Spanish territory consist of?

Where can we find:

--rías

--salt marshes

--coastal benches

--freshwater lagoon (an example)

Balearic Islands:

--Where are they and what is each one called?

--Mountain ranges from the Peninsula that have an extension in the Balearic      Islands

--Name of the mountain range in Mallorca

Canary Islands:

--Where are they located? Name of each island

--How were they formed?

--Characteristic landforms

--Important peak

Locate on the map:

Capes:  Peñas, Fisterra, Creus, Palos, Gata and Nao.

Gulfs: Bizkaia, Valencia and Cádiz. Mar Menor and Strait of Gibraltar

Inland relief: Galician Massif, Cantabrian Range, Northern Sub-Plateau, Mountains of León, Basque Mountains, Catalan C. Range, Pyrenees, Iberian System, Sierra Morena, Central System, Southern Sub-Plateau, Toledo Mountains, Ebro Depression, Guadalquivir Depression, Penibaetic Range, Subbaetic range, Gredos, Somosierra, Guadarrama, Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada, Tramuntana Range, Teide Peak, Almanzor Peak, Moncayo Peak, Aneto Peak, Torreceredo Peak and Mulhacén Peak.

Islands: Menorca, Formentera, Mallorca, Ibiza, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.