Spain, Picasso, and the Spanish Civil War

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The capital of Spain is...

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Madrid

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Madrid, la capital de España, está en el centro del país.

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Spain is located on the continent of...

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Europe

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España está en Europa.

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The Strait of Gibraltar (el Estrecho de Gibraltar) is...

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a body of water that separates Spain from Africa.

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El Estrecho de Gibraltar es agua que separa España de África.

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La lengua oficial de España es...

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el español

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The official language of Spain is Spanish.

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In which Spanish city did Pablo Picasso study and spend time as an artist?

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Barcelona

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Picasso estudió y pasó mucho tiempo en Barcelona.

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Picasso's most famous painting is a large mural, done in black and white. What is the name of this mural?

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Guernica

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El mural más famoso de Picasso se llama Guernica.

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Picasso's Guernica is named after a town in northern Spain. Picasso painted Guernica in order to...

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protest the bombing of the town at the hands of Hitler and Francisco Franco.

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Picasso pintó Guernica para protestar el bombardeo de la ciudad. Hitler y Franco fueron los responsables del bombardeo.

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The bombing of Guernica was perpetrated by Hitler, with the cooperation of Spanish political leader Francisco Franco. What was Hitler's motive in bombing the city?

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He wanted to practice his techniques for aerial warfare (war fought in the air with planes, bombs, etc.) before invading Poland.

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Hitler bombardeó Guernica para practicar las nuevas técnicas de la guerra aérea (aerial warfare).

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Picasso painted Guernica in the year _____, the same year in which the city was bombed.

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1937

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El bombardeo de Guernica ocurrió en el año 1937 y Picasso pintó el mural después del (after) bombardeo.

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Civil war

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A civil war is a war between two groups in the same country.

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Una guerra civil es una guerra entre dos grupos de un país.