Year 4 Geography — Our Wonderful World

1. The United Kingdom (U.K.) is made up of 4 countries: England,

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

2. Great Britain is an island containing England, Scotland and Wales.

3. Northern Ireland is not an island, but is still part of the U.K.

4. Spain is located to the south of the U.K. They are both in Europe.

5. Europe is a continent containing 50 countries.

6. Spain has borders with Portugal (to the west) and France (to the north).

7. The capital city of the U.K. is London. The currency is pounds.

8. The capital city of Spain is Madrid. The currency is euros.

9. Spain has a mixture of flat, hilly and mountainous terrain.

10. Physical geography is the natural environment of a region (things like

the mountains, beaches, forests, rivers, cliffs, rocks, weather of that place).

Spain

UK

The United Kingdom Europe

North, south, east and west are directions we use

to navigate from one place to another. A compass

contains a magnetic needle that indicates north.

11. Human geography is the effect people have had on a region

(things like cities, villages, farms, roads, canals).

12. Spain has different regions with differing human and physical

geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

MOUNTAINS RIVERS FORESTS WEATHER

BEACHES SEAS HILLS

CITIES/VILLAGES FARMS

ROADS CANALS

Some Regions of Spain

Andalusia Valencia Cantabria

Physical geography

olive trees orange trees hills

lemon trees hills mountains

hills sea

big grass fields sea rivers

rivers fields

grass fields

Human geography

olive farm rice fields (paddy fields) cattle farms

lemon grove orange grove city

roads harbour roads

villages city

roads