TULOSO-MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL
Brief History
 The world’s superpower during the 16th and 17th
centuries
 Ultimately yielded command of the seas to Great
Britain
 Reluctance or failure to embrace mercantile and
industrial revolutions caused it to fall behind Britain,
France and Germany
 Currently a modern and developed country and
member of the European Union
CLIMATE
 Spain has mostly a Mediterranean climate, which is
characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry
summers.
GEOGRAPHY
 Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
Portugal is its neighbor to the west; France its
neighbor to the northeast. The Mediterranean Sea
borders its southern coast and the Atlantic Ocean to
its north.
GOVERNMENT
 Spain form of government is that of a constitutional
monarchy.
 The current king of Spain is Felipe VI, whose reign
began on June 19, 2014.
 It has a Parliament like Great Britain, whose members
are elected.
STANDARD OF LIVING
 Spain’s GDP per capita is $30,100 as of 2013, placing it
47th in the world in this category
 Life expectancy is 81.5 years (18th highest in the world)
 Infant mortality is 3.33 per 1000 live births (13th lowest
in the world)
 Its literacy rate is about 98%
LANGUAGE
 Castillan Spanish is the predominant language of
Spain
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RELIGION
 Spain is predominantly Roman Catholic. About 94%
of Spanish practice Catholicism.
Bullfight
Bullfights
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called “La Corrida de Toros”
The aficionados (supporters
or fans) consider it an Art
form rather than a sport
It is generally divided into 3
parts (tercios)
During each Corrida 3 toreros
or matadores (bullfighters)
perform
Each torero has to kill 2 bulls
The dress the bullfighters
wear is called ‘Traje de Luces’
Bullfights
 The bullfight event in Spain
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 A fight that went not according to plan
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Plaza de Toros de Madrid
The Running of the Bulls
 The Festival of San Fermin, or the Running of the Bulls
as it is known outside of Spain, occurs at midday on
July 6 in Pamplona
 Originally the Festival of San Fermin was a religious
event, but over the centuries it became what is now a
big party
 Gained much notoriety from Ernest Hemingway’s The
Sun Also Rises, a novel about American and British
expatriates in Spain
The Running of the Bulls
 The bull runs take place every morning July 7 – 14
 The length of the run is about 900 yards, or a little over
½ mile
 The average time to complete the run is about three
minutes
 Runners dress in white with a red handkerchief around
their neck
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Music and Dance
 Flamenco Music and Dance
 Dancers often use castanets
 Usually starts slow and uses moves involving
the stomping of feet
 Many centuries old and evolved from the
ethnic minorities that lived in southern
Spain
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Other Traditional Spanish
Dances
 Bolero: One of the oldest and most traditional dances of the history of
Spanish dance, the bolero is a quick Spanish dance boasting sudden
pauses and sharp turns.
 Fandango: At one point the most famous dance of Spain, the fandango is
a lively, happy Spanish danced in twos.
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Javier Bardem
•Hollywood Films: Before Night Falls,
Oscar Nomination; Vicky Cristina
Barcelona (2008)
•2006’s No Country for Old Men won him
an Oscar
Antonio Banderas
 Has done more Hollywood films
than any other Spanish actor
 Spanish Films: Labyrinth of
Passion,(1982), Matador (1986),
Law of Desire ("La Ley del
Deseo", 1987), Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
("Mujeres al borde de un ataque
de nervios", 1988), and Tie Me
Up! Tie Me Down! ("¡Átame!",
1989)
 Hollywood Films: Desperado
(1995), Spy Kids (2001), Original
Sin (2001), The Legend of Zorro ,
Shrek series
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Penélope Cruz
 Became Spain's first female
Oscar winner as Best
Supporting actress for her role
in Vicky Cristina Barcelona in
2008
 Spanish Works: Todo Sobre Mi
Madre (All about my mother),
Jamón, Jamón, Abre los Ojos
(Open Your Eyes), Live Flesh,
Pablo
Picasso
One of the greatest and
most influential artists
of the 20th century
The Weeping Woman
The Old Guitarist
Salvador Dali
Prominent 20th
century painter
from Spain
Clocks
Dreams Caused
by the Flight of a
Bee
Soccer
 In July 2008, Spain rose to the
top of the FIFA World Ranking
for the first time
 In 2010 the Spanish Soccer team
created history by winning the
FIFA World Cup for the first
time in history.
 Soccer is the national craze of
the Spanish people. It is the
most popular sport in Spain.
Desalination
 Desalination: the process of removing salt and other
minerals from saline (salt or ocean) water
 Desalination is an ADAPTATION by humans of the
environment
 Spain built Europe’s first desalination plant about 40
years ago
 Largest user of desalination technology in the Western
world
Desalination
 Spanish companies make up the largest percentage of
competitors on the international market for the
design, engineering, construction, and operation of
new desalination plants around the world.
 Spain is the third most visited country in the
world, behind France and the U.S. and
tourism in Spain is on the rise. In the past
decade the south of Spain has increasingly
become a destination for retired northern
Europeans looking to create a new home in a
land with plenty of sun.