Unit 3 ( first part)

1. THE RELIEF OF SPAIN
4 T H P R I M A R Y
S O C I A L S C I E N C E

2. Vocabulary
 MOUNTAINS are high elevations of land.
 PLAINS are large extensions of flat land.
 PLATEAUS are high areas of flat land.
 MOUNTAIN RANGE – group of mountains
 VALLEY – space between 2 mountains in which a river
goes.

3. Relief of spain

4. Central plateau and its mountains
 In the middle of Spain there is a big
Plateau.
 The CENTRAL SYSTEM divides the
plateau in two:
NORTH SUBPLATEAU
SOUTH SUBPLATEAU

5. Mountain range near the plateau
Galician Massif
Cantabrian Range
Iberian system
Sierra Morena

6. Exterior mountain range
Pyrenees
Betic system

7. QUESTIONS
 What is in the middle of the peninsula?
 What’s the name of a group of mountains?
 What’s the name of the mountain range next to the
Cantabrian Sea?
 What mountain separates Spain from France?
 The Iberyan System is a mountain that is near or
exterior of the plateau?

8. ACTIVITIES
 Put these words in the map in the correct place
PYRENEES –CENTRAL SYSTEM – GALICIAN MASSIF – SIERRA MORENA
– CANTABRIAN SYSTEM– IBERIAN SYSTEM – BETIC SYSTEM

9. ACTIVITIES
 Now, colour the central system with YELLOW, with
RED the mountains that are near the central system
and with BLUE, the mountains that are out of the
central system

10. JOURNAL
 Which mountains are in your Autonomous
Community?