WorksheetsModern Spain: the 19th century (PART II)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following territories didn't belong to the Spanish Empire at the beginning of the 19th century?
Cuba
Brazil
Puerto Rico
the Philippines
The event known as the Disaster of' 98 meant the loss of control of Spain's last colonies... ¿to which country?
Russia
the United States of America
France
Italy
The Industrial Revolution started in ...
France
Canada
Great Britain
Japan
The changes of the Industrial Revolution happened earlier in Spain than in other European countries:
True
False
One of the following territories didn't develop an important industry during the Industrial Revolution:
Cataluña
Extremadura
Asturias
País Vasco
The invention of the steam engine lead to the expansion of an essential means of transport by land:
cars
trains
aeroplanes
ships
Before the Industrial Revolution society was divided into three estates (choose the odd one):
clergy
bourgeoisie
nobility
ordinary people
After the Industrial Revolution there were three classes (choose the odd one):
the bourgeoisie or middle class
the proletariat or working class
the upper class
the clergy
Modernism was an artistic movement developed mainly in architecture, painting and literature. Choose the artist who was a modernist:
Goya
Velázquez
Gaudí
Bécquer
In 1871, three years after the abdication of Isabel II, an Italian prince became King of Spain. His name was:
Juan Carlos I
Amadeo of Saboy
Alfonso XII
The First Republic took place during the years:
1873-1874
1870-1871
1870-1890
During the Restoration, two political parties alternated in power:
republicans and monarchists
conservatives and liberals
anarchists and socialists
