SOCIAL SCIENCE ESO 3

RIOTINTO

Answer these questions after your excursion to Riotinto

1. Where is Riotinto located?

2. Historically what groups of people have occupied this land?

3. Why is the river called Rio Tinto?

4. Which planet is the landscape of Riotinto often compared to?

5. Which minerals can be found in Riotinto?

6. When did the United Kingdon start excavating minerals in Riotinto?

7. Why did British people change the location of Riotinto?

8. How did the excavation negatively impact the environment?

9. Why did the first football team in Spain begin in Huelva?

10. What film/novel explains the history of Riotinto?

11. What was your favourite part of this excursion?