Social, unit 1: outline and glossary

Here you have the words of the glossary and the outline of the unit.

GLOSSARY

Carthographer: a person who makes maps / map maker.

Meseta central: an extensive plain that covers the centre of Península Ibérica.

Moorland: a large area of high land covered with small plants.

Flood plains: a low flat area of land along a river which often floods when water lever rises.

River basins: low plains crossed by rivers and surrounded by mountains.

Archipelago: a group of islands.

Cape: a strip of land with sticks out into the sea.

Mountain range: several mountains together.

Mountain chain: many mountain ranges together.

THE RELIEF OF THE PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA

- Meseta Central

- Mountains of the Meseta Central

   o Sistema Central

   o Montes de Toledo

- Mountains surrounding the Meseta:

   o Montes de León

   o Cordillera Cantábrica

   o Sistema Ibérico

   o Sierra Morena

- Mountains beyond the Meseta

   o Macizo Galaico

   o Mostes Vascos

   o Pirineos

   o Cordillera Costero-catalana

   o Sistemas Béticos

       Cordillera Penibética

       Cordillera Subbética

- River basins

   o Depresión del Ebro

   o Depresión del Guadalquivir

- Coasts

   o Cantabrian coast

   o Atlantic Coast

      Galician coast

      Andalusian Coast

      Coast of the Canary Islands

   o Mediterranean coast

      Andalucía

      Murcia and Comunidad Valenciana

      Catalonia and Balearic Islands.

      Ceuta and Melilla

- Archipelagos

   o Balearic Islands

   o Canary Islands