Unit 7 Population and Work

POPULATION: ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF A TERRITORY.

THE POPULATION OF SPAIN IS APPROXIMATELY 46 MILLION.

WAYS OF CATEGORISING POPULATION:
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADÍSTICA RECORDS POPULATION IN TWO WAYS:
PADRÓN MUNICIPAL: NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN A MUNICIPALITY. INHABITANTS REPORT TO LOCAL COUNCIL.

CENSUS: NATIONAL SURVEY EVERY TEN YEARS.

TYPES OF POPULATION:
BY AGE: 
                  CHILD/YOUNG (-16 YEARS OLD).
                  ADULT (+ 16 YEARS OLD).
                  ELDERLY (+65 YEARS OLD).

BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:
   ACTIVE - PEOPLE WHO WORK, INCLUDING                                         UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE.
   INACTIVE - PEOPLE WHO CANNOT WORK                                             (CHILDREN, STAY-AT-HOME-PARENTS, RETIRED PEOPLE...)

CHANGING POPULATION
NATALITY: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BORN.
MORTALITY: HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE.

IF NATALITY IS HIGHER THAN MORTALITY, THE POPULATION INCREASES. 
IF NATALITY IS LOWER THAN MORTALITY, THE POPULATION DECREASES.
SPAIN HAS AN AGING POPULATION.

IMMIGRATION: WHEN PEOPLE MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.

EMIGRATION: WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

RURAL EXODUS: PEOPLE MOVE FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS.

 

SPANISH ECONOMY

THREE SECTORS: PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY (OR SERVICES SECTOR)

PRIMARY SECTOR: CULTIVATE AND EXTRACTS RAW MATERIALS FROM NATURE. 

PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES:

AGRICULTURE (ARABLE FARMING AND LIVESTOCK FARMING)

FISHING

MINING

FORESTRY

ARABLE FARMING: CULTIVATE THE LAND. TWO TYPES:

DRYLAND/RAIN-FED FARMING: CROPS ONLY NEED RAIN WATER TO GROW (GRAPEVINES, OLIVES, ALMONDS, WHEAT...)

IRRIGATED FARMING: CROPS NEED TO BE WATERED TO GROW (CITRUS FRUITS, VEGETABLES, OLIVES, RICE, POTATOES, WINE GRAPES...)

LIVESTOCK FARMING: 

CATTLE

SHEEP

PIGS

POULTRY

SECONDARY SECTOR: CHANGE RAW MATERIALS INTO MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES IN SPAIN ARE IRON, STEEL AND THE AUTOMOVILE INDUSTRY.

TERTIARY/SERVICES SECTOR: PROVIDE SERVICES (TOURISM, TRANSPORT, RETAIL AND PUBLIC SECTOR)

TOURISM IN SPAIN

THERE ARE THREE TYPES: BEACH TOURISM, WINTER TOURISM AND CULTURAL TOURISM.

TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY

TRANSPORT CAN BE: PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.

TYPES OF TRANSPORT:

ON LAND AND PUBLIC:

BUS, TRAIN, METRO AND TRAM (FOR PEOPLE)

ON LAND AND PRIVATE:

BIKE, CAR, MOTORCYCLE (FOR PEOPLE) 

VAN/LORRY (FOR GOODS)

SEA AND PUBLIC:

BOAT/SHIP AND FERRY (FOR PEOPLE AND GOODS)

SEA AND PRIVATE:

BOAT

AIR AND PUBLIC:

PLANE (FOR PEOPLE AND GOODS)

AIR AND PRIVATE:

PLANE AND HELICOPTER

ROAD SAFETY

WE NEED TO RESPECT THE RULES OF THE ROAD TO BE SAFE.

GENERAL RULES:

WEAR SEATBELTS.

WEAR HELMET (BIKE, MOTORBIKE, SKATEBOARD, ROLLERSKATE)

CROSS THE ROAD THROUGH SAFE PLACES LOOKING TO BOTH SIDES BEFORE CROSSING.

POLITENESS RULES

MOVE OUT THE WAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE OR VEHICLES.

NOT PUTTING OUR FEET ON THE SEATS

NOT SHOUTING OR PLAYING LOUD MUSIC

GIVING UP OUR SEATS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MORE.

ROAD SIGNS

INSTRUCTIONS: RED CIRCLE

WARNINGS: RED TRIANGLE

INFORMATION: BLUE RECTANGLE