Quizizz - 19th century (9th)

Until the 19th century, the use of (______) as money was very common, since in this century the use of paper money banknotes became more and more common.

• bills [billetes]

• barter [trueque]

• metals

• jewelry

Spanish-American wars of independence lasted for some time [duraron algún tiempo], for example in the case of our country the process took about a decade, from ____ to 1819.

USA became independent in the second part of the 18th century, while most [mientras que la mayoría de] Latin American countries became independent in the first part of the 19th century.

• True

• False

There are no photos of characters like José María Córdova or Simón Bolívar because photography had not been developed at that time (first decades of the 19th century)

• True

• False

The management of electrical charges through metals such as copper [cobre] allowed its use for communications, extending metallic cables and signals that arrived almost immediately. This first electrical means of communication was a world revolution and it was the _________.

While the American colonies managed to establish their own governments and separate themselves from the (________) empires, the African populations were instead dominated by foreign powers (poderes extranjeros), this is known as "the scramble for Africa".

• North-American

• European

• African

• Asian

Although the USA is not considered an "Empire", it incorporate extensive territories during the 19th century (when it was already an independent country). In theory, most of those areas were not the territories of other countries, but (___________) live there, people who were expelled and pushed by force to other places.

• English people

• Latin Americans

• Native Americas

• African slaves

The United States of America is a Unitary-Central system, that is, there is the same law for the entire country, just as Colombia is.

• True

• False

In __________, there is the same Constitution for all the provinces or States, but each one makes its laws respecting that superior rule. The United States preserves its first Constitution, from 1781.

Colombia has indeed [de hecho] tried federalism in its history, as the country had a federal constitution in the 20th century when it was called the "Estados Unidos de la Nueva Granada".

• True

• False