World maps to cut out

Some activities in your textbook will ask you to point some countries in an empty world map. In order to help you, here you can get some empty world maps ready to cut out and paste on your notebook:

 3x-world empty map paper

 2x-world empty map paper

Working with empty maps

In order to work with empty maps you must follow the instructions below. You can download the maps in the following links:

Mapa del món

Escriu els noms dels continents i oceans i localitza els accidents geogràfics de l'exercici 1 de la pàgina 161 del llibre. No oblides indicar també en el teu quadern el tipus d'accidents. Inclou al mapa, a més, els accidents del exercici 2 de la pàgina 148 i els números assenyalats en l'exercici 3 de la pàgina 161.

Europa física
Coloca el nombre de los principales accidentes geográficos:

• RELIEVE: cordilleras (picos), llanuras, depresiones
• HIDROGRAFÍA: océanos, mares, ríos, lagos;
• COSTAS: penínsulas, islas, cabos, golfos, estrechos.

Espanya física
Escriu el nom de les principals unitats de relleu.

***NOTA IMPORTANTE***
Para escribir los nombres de los accidentes geográficos en los mapas debes usar BOLÍGRAFOS DE TRES COLORES DIFERENTES:
NEGRO para el relieve (montañas, mesetas, etc.)
AZUL para la hidrografía (océanos, mares, lagos, ríos,...)
VERDE para el relieve costero (islas, penínsulas, cabos, golfos,..)

English | The physical map of the Earth

Welcome to the subject of Geography 3rd ESO.
In this link you can download and print at home the English materials related to units 7 & 8 of your textbook. In these papers you can review the basic concepts of Physical Geography and you can also learn the key words in English. I remind you to build a table like the following one in order to show the same concept in the three languages:

Mapa mudo político de América

Aquí tenéis un enlace al mapa político de América para rellenar como de costumbre. Son dos páginas: América del Norte y Central y América del Sur, que deben imprimirse en UNA SOLA HOJA por las dos caras.

Political organization: Africa

The continent of Africa is commonly divided into five regions: Northern, Western, Central, Eastern and Southern. In order to learn the political organization of Africa, you have:

• a full map of the continent
• a list of African countries and capitals.
• some geographical games on African countries and capitals: Where is....?, What's the name...?, What's the capital of...? 

Here is a link to an empty political map of Africa. In this map you must 

• write the name of the countries (in CAPITALS) and their capitals (in Lower case)
• write the name of the oceans and seas.

Please, do not forget to draw the border of the new country of South Sudan (this map comes from an older version), and remember to place the Seychelles that are not shown.

Mapa mudo de Asia política

Aquí tenéis el mapa político de Asia para descargar. En él debéis situar los siguientes aspectos:

• Los países (en MAYÚSCULAS) y sus capitales (en Minúsculas)
• Los océanos y mares más importantes
• Consultar el anéxo cartográfico del final del libro y colorear las diferentes regiones geopolíticas, añadiendo la siguiente leyenda:

       - «Subcontinente indio»: color A
       - «China y Mongolia»: color B
       - «Japón y Asia Oriental»: color C
       - «Países asiáticos de la CEI» (sin Bielorrusia ni Ucrania): color D
       - «Próximo y Medio Oriente»: color E

The Economist: Democracy Index 2017

In this link you can find the last report on Democracy Index issued by renowned British weekly The Economist.
Here are some activities to do:
1. Make up a current table similar to that on page no. 219. (You can find it on page no. 2 in this report.)
2. Which are the countries labeled as 'Full democracies'? What are they like according to their level of development? How many of them are monarchies?
3. What is the most authoritarian regime in the world? Why?
4. Why has been Spain at verge of becoming a 'Flawed Democracy'? 
5. What is it said about Latin America in this report? What two countries in Latin America shifted categories? Explain those changes.
6. What percent of the world population enjoy freedom of speech? On the contrary, in which way do Governments cut freedom of expression? How do non-state actors do so?