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MINERALS

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SELF-ASSESSMENT

There is nothing to finish the second term!!
This term we have gathered many exams and it has been difficult to study all of them. I have to improve my marks because I know that with effort and can raise them. I need to participate in class and pay more attention. In this term I learnd a lots of things but I think is difficult the grammar for me and the translation. In the next term I´m going to mejorate in all that I can.

Geography: Primary sector

NEW VOCABULARY

   Agriculture:                      Livestock:            Forestry:                Fishing:
 
    Barley                                Grazing              Mahogony                Hake
  Avocado                              Guanacos            Teak                        Whiting
  Custrad apple                        Alpacas             Maple                      Cuttlefish
  Grapevines                          Vicunas              Beech                      Squid
  Ploughts                                  Ox                  Birch                       Mussels
  Broadcast                             Leather               Fir                         Clams
  Harvesters                              Wool                                               Prawn
  Drip irrigation                                                                                 Cod
  Hemp                                                                                            Anchovy
 Linen                                                                                             Turbot
  Yam                                                                                             Sea bream
  Dates                                                                                           Sea bass
                                                                                                       Sole
                                                                                                       

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

This is a enclosed field, that you can see it has irregular plots separated by walls. It is an extensive agriculture beacause I think that the people use machinery to woork this plots and the farming system is monoculture because the farmers grow in each plots a single crop.

TWO EXPLORERS

MARCO POLO (VOCABULARY):

Fabrics: A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers

Fireworks: a brilliant and dazzling display,

Friars:A member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order.

Prayed: to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc.

Thread: A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.

Weaving: To make (cloth) by interlacing the threads of the weft and the warp on a loom.

Widow: A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

Worship: The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.

VIDEO (AFRICA)

• Where in the world is Africa? Africa is in the south of Europe and in the southwestern of Asia
• How many times is Africa larger than The United States? Africa is three times larger than The United States
• How is the savanna defined in the video?  The savanna is a grassy plain which covers nearly half of Africa.
• Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?  The animals that can be found in the savanna biome are giraffes and elephants
• Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?  The chaparral is located in the northern coast of Africa and some at the south of Africa
• Which are the most famous deserts in Africa? The most famous deserts in Africa are The Sahara,The Namib and The Kalahari Deserts
• The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....  Gold mines,oil and the rober trees.

FIND THE MISSING WORDS
1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the Cape of Good Hope in Southafrica and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over to Senegal.
2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that climate zones, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar fauna and vegetation living in that region.
3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barried to cross.
4. It is not the rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity.There are many different plants and animal specie that only can be found in the rain forest and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.
5. The Nile is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo river which is the ninth longest river in the world.
6. Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes. with famous lakes like Lake Kivu, lake Malawi,lake Victoria and lake Tanganyika.
7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas mountains in northwestern Africa.
8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like Mt,Kilimanjaro , the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the ground.
9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is literally, being split apart. There are some Tectonic plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually,moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevations in Africa, but also lakes like Tanganyika that is among the deapest in the world.

GEOGRAPHY (POPULATION)

Birth rate : the ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of thatarea, etc, usually expressed per 1000 population per year.

Death rate: the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per1000 per year.

Natural increase: is the crude birth rate minus the crude deathrate of a population. When looking at countries, it gives an idea of what position in the DemographicTransition Model, but to find out how much a country is growing, the population growth rate should beobserved.

Infant mortality rate:  the death rate during the first year of life.

Life expentancy: The number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.

Dependency ratio: The dependency ratio is a measure showing the number of dependents, aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, to the total population, aged 15 to 64.

Dependent population: is the ratio of the population defined as dependent (the population aged 0-19 and 65 and over) divided by the population 20-64, multiplied by 100.

Family planning: limiting the number of children born.

Population pyramid:A diagram showing successive age groups as a pyramid of horizontal bars. Each bar’slength shows the relative size of one age group.

Replacement rate:is the percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension program upon retirement.

Fertility rate:the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressedper 1000 population per year.

Ageing population: is a phenomenon that occurswhen the median age of a country or region rises dueto rising life expectancy and/or declining birth rates.

Population distribution:the arrangement or spread of people living in a givenarea; also, how the population of an area is arrangedaccording to variables such as age, race, or sex.

More economically debeloped country(MEDC):The way that a country organizes its use of money, goods, and trade is described as its economy.

Less economically developed country(LEDC):is a country that is considered lacking in terms of its economy, infrastructure and industrial base.

GEOGRAPHY

DESCRIBE A LANDSCAPE: African Savanna

Localitation: Continent of África,is the largest savanna inthe world.

Climate: The climate´s of this zone are high all year. There are only two seasons: the rainy in summer and the dry in winter.
Fauna:These include zebras, wildebeests, elephants, giraffes, ostriches, gazelles, and buffalo. Of course, where there are a lots of herbivores, there must be predators. There are many powerful predators roaming the savanna including lions, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, black mambas, and wild dogs

Vegetation:The majority of the savanna is covered in different types of grasses including lemon grass, Rhodes grass, star grass, and Bermuda grass. There are also lots of trees scattered about the savanna. Some of these trees include the acacia tree, the baobab tree, and the jackalberry tree. 

GEOGRAPHY

2.THE NATURAL ENVIROMENT.
EUROPE VEGETATION:

Beeches: Any of various deciduous trees of the genusFagus having smooth gray bark, alternate simpleleaves, and three-sided nuts enclosed in pricklyburs.







Thickets:a dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees.

Shrubs:A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush.






Meadows:an area of grassland, often used for hay or for grazing of animals






Oak: Any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearingacorns as fruit.

Cork oak: A western Mediterranean evergreen oak tree (Quercus suber) having thick bark. Commercial cork is produced byperiodically stripping the bark from these trees.

Taiga:A subarctic area of northern Eurasia and North America located just south of the tundra and covered largely withconiferous forests dominated by firs and spruces.

Tundra: A treeless area beyond the timberline in high-latitude regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supportinglow-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses, and shrubs.





EUROPE FAUNA:

Fallow:

Stork:Any of various large wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long straight bill.






Vulture: Any of various large birds of prey characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless headand neck and generally feeding on carrion.







Marten: Any of several mustelid mammals of the genus Martes, mainly inhabiting northern forests and having a slenderbody, bushy tail, and soft fur.

Mink: Either of two semiaquatic mustelid carnivores, Mustela lutreola of Europe or Neovison vison of North America,having a pointed snout, short legs, and partly webbed toes, and bred for their commercially valuable fur.

Reindeer:A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic tundra and northern boreal forests, having large hooves and longbranched antlers in both sexes









SPAIN VEGETATION:




Any of various trees of the genus Dracaena of tropical regions, having clusters of sword-shapedleaves and a thick trunk that yields a red resin when cut.

SPAIN FAUNA:

Wildcat: Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, including the bobcat and the caracal.

Capercaille.A large grouse (Tetrao urogallus), native to northern Europe and having dark plumage and a fanlike tail. Also calledwood grouse.









Partidge

Gulls:Any of various chiefly coastal seabirds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hookedbeak, and usually gray and white plumage.

GEOGRAPHY

1.STUDYING TERRITORIES

• Wild pig: 
• Air currents: air moving
• Average: A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
• Boundaries: Something that indicates a border or limit.
• Membership: The state of being a member.
• Rainfall: The quantity of water, expressed in inches, precipitated as rain, snow, hail, or sleet in a specified area and timeinterval.
• Accurate: Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
• Journeys: The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip.