Geography
I am doing a country called Spain,
the capital of Spain is called Madrid. Spain is located in Europe the
continent. It's in the northern hemisphere.
The
population is about 40 milllion people in Spain.
Climate
In Spain they have very hot
summers and cool winters and foggy cloudy days. Spain mostly has beautiful
weather.
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 Economy
People in Spain work at factories,
go to school, paint, go to markets and do lots of other stuff. The families
make money by growing crops and sending it to market and working at other
places.
Government
In Spain there is a
Queen and King that is head of state. The Parliament is the courts
that make up the laws.
Family Values
The grandparents
live in the same house with the family sometimes.
The responsibility of the mother and father is to make the food and
make the money. The mother stays at home and the father works. The
father works at home or in the fields to grow crops. They celebrate
mothers day and fathers day but they don't celebrate grandparent
day.
The
responsibility that the children have are to take care of a
family member if they are sick. The chores they have to do are to
help in the fields. Sometimes they work out of their homes.
In Spain
children go to school at age 6. School starts early and finishes
late. At age 16 students who pass an exam go to college the college
that is popular is Madrid. It has 100,000 students.
Language
In Spain they speak spanish, Basque, and Galican . They say hola witch means hello
to greet people. Hola would be a popular word if people came
from somewhere else.
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Food
Fish is a
very popular food in Spain so is sausage , ham and cheese. One
of the most popular dishes is called paella It's made
with rich broth with some fruits. What they mostly eat
everyday are potato corn and rice with some soup. The spices
that are used in Spain is pepper.
People get food by fishing, planting crops like grain. They grow the
crops themselves and they cook by themselves. Some people buy
food in the store and some people grow it.
Cultural
Arts
The oldest Spanish writings still exist. Spain has the
richest most beautiful art work today. They have the world's
finest painters and paintings today. Art is a big thing in
Spain - they love art.
Holidays and
Festivals
Some holidays and
festivales they have in Spain are Tomato Festivals and Christmas.
The Tomato Festival is a festival to throw tomatoes at each other
and eat tomatoes. Christmas is a holiday to celebrate God's
birthday.
Fun and
Recreation
The fun recreation
they do in Spain are to dance, play soccer and sing also paint.
Children play on the swing set or play soccer. Also people in Spain
love swimming
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Culture Walls 
Author: Antonio