UNIT 7. SPAIN TODAY: A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY

What is the most important law in Spain? The...

Spanish citizens approved its present Constitution in...

• 1968

• 1978

• 1988

• 1998

What is the form of government in Spain?

According to the Constitution: Spain is a social and ​ (a)   country; it guarantees every citizen the ​ (b)   to education, health care, work, and a proper home; it also establishes some ​ (c)   like paying taxes and obeying the law; citizens can ​ (d)   for their representatives.

• democratic
• right
• duties
• vote

The institution that consists of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate is the...

One of the functions of the town hall is to...

• provide public services.

• create autonomous laws.

• elect the president.

• judge anyone who does not obey the law.

Spanish territory is organized into...

• 19 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities.

• 20 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities.

• 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities.

• 18 autonomous communities and 3 autonomous cities.

Each province has a...

• mayor and various councillors.

• provincial council.

• Statute of Autonomy.

The Courts of Justice represent... power.

The institution that protects the rights of citizens is the...

• Autonomous Government (Gobierno Autonómico).

• Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional).

• ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo).