Spain is located in the south-western part of Europe taking just more than four-fifths of the Iberian peninsula. Spain also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and some area in Morocco. It is located between both Portugal and France. Spain is surrounded by beautiful beaches and mountaintops. Spain is often thought of as a land that carries an image of pride and privilege. But aside from its impressionable image, it is a struggling country. It is a place where pesetas (currency in Spain) can often be scarce and where the government fights to keep financial steadiness. Spain has given great effort to help support the people of the country. They have done this by using their money to create toll-free highways, fighting for worker's rights, deflate the public deficit, and increase wages. However, Spain is still a flailing capitalist economy that is far behind the leading West European countries' economies even though in the past decade it has made incredible strides toward progressing. Spain has its work cut out for them in the near future in order to stay close with the other West European economies. Although the inflation rate is low, interests rates are low as well. Also the government has continued to support privatization, liberalization and deregulation of the economy while introducing new tax reforms. Spain has a 20% unemployment rate. That is the highest unemployment rate in the EU. Spain's diverse capitalist economy will be faced with difficult challenges in the next few years with monetary and other economic policies, and will need a stable government to become more competitive with an already ahead Europe economy. However, Spain has made a great deal of progress, considering its wavering economic past. World War II was the beginning of the distance between Spain and the rest of the European nations. As a result of Spain never entering into the war, the country never received the benefits from the European recovery plans, keeping it in a situation of complete isolation.
Spain produces large amounts of crops of wheat, sugar beets, barley, tomatoes, olives, citrus fruit, grapes, and cork. ... The major industries in Spain produce textiles, iron, steel, as well as many chemicals. There are also tobacco and beverage industries located in Spain. About 8 percent of the cultivated land in Spain is devoted to legumes (nuts) and to the industrial crops. ... The climate in Spain is temperate. ...
Spain Many different origins of people have dotted the land of Spain. ... They helped increase trade throughout Spain. ... Muslim Spain produced a flourishing culture. ... The Spanish Muslim kingdom was retaken over by the Visigoths. ... In conclusion Spain had its ups and downs throughout its reign. ...
Mestizos had a percentage of Spanish blood. ... Once the Spanish expanded their empire to what they called "New Spain", new problems arose. ... The Spanish finally decided on an approach. ... The Spanish were very self serving. ... The Spanish empire expanded from Spain to the Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America. ...
Spanish is the most popular foreign language in the schools and universities of the USA. More than six hundred and fifty thousand (650,000) students in universities study Spanish each year. ... In many North American cities, there are newspapers and magazines in Spanish. ... In the "Little Habana", the Spanish neighborhood city of Miami, the stores, coffee shops, restaurants and markets have prices in Spanish and Spanish is the spoken language. The Mexican food is so popular in the USA that for North Americans, the first Spanish lessons are in the restaurant....
This also included Spain's vast overseas territories. ... Its hopes of invasion was crushed and the remnants of the Spanish Armada began their long and difficult journey back to Spain. ... It was perhaps an omen from the start, the Spanish faced problems. ... The Spanish ships were, "slower and less well armed than their English counterparts, but the Spanish planned to force boarding actions if the English offered battle in hopes the superior Spanish infantry would undoubtedly prevail.... The destruction of the Spanish Armada forces Spain to become undoubtedly weaker and fragile. ...
Independence of Spanish America This is an account of how Spanish America gained its independence. ... Spanish territory was broken up into high courts or audiencias. ... There were four areas that the Spanish Crown possessed outside of Spain. ... Spain's great reformer King Carlos III died in 1788 leaving his successor Carlos IV and Spain in a tough position. ... This loss to the French left Spain and France as allies which makes Britain and Spain enemies. ...
The war also led to the end of Spanish rule in the Western hemisphere when Spain gave up Puerto Rico to the United States. ... The Spanish American War, and the results of it, led to the downfall of the Spanish empire and allowed for the emergence of the new American empire. ... In the opinion of the American people Spain had caused the explosion because of tension between the United States and Spanish governments. ... Cuba was the primary factor of the war with Spain. ... The Philippines was the greatest land gain from Spain. ...
Spanish Florida was a colonial territory of Spain on the 16th through to the 18th century. ... In 1763, Spanish government gave up the territory to the British in exchange for the Havana. ... The Spanish paternalism government was not successful. ... This was favorable to them as compared to the Spanish government. ... The Failure of Spanish Florida.The Americas, 16(3), 271–281....
In terms of accumulation of wealth, the French also had an advantage over the Spanish. One big factor was because the Natives feared the Spanish and not the French. ... The Spanish did not get a higher end of the deal as the French for one main reason, fear. ... In conclusion, both the Spanish and French had their own ways of dealing with the Natives. ... For these reasons, the French were more successful in dealing with the Natives than Spain....
Do you believe that America as we know it has been influenced by the Spanish in many ways? In the book Forging the American Character an essay written by Henry Wiencek called The Spain Among Us records many historical facts on the significance Spanish colonization has had on the Americas. ... What I definitely did not know is that the very concept of the ranch as Spanish. ... Literature also shaped the view Americans had about the Spanish that turned good into bad. The Black Legend is a style of writing or propaganda that presented the Spanish as cruel and barbarous. ...
