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The Early 20th century in Colombia

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the first two years of this century a cruel civil war between

the armies of the traditional political parties:

a)

Libera and nationalist

b)

Liberal and conservative

c)

no war

d)

Viceroyalties

2.

The Thousand Days' War took about

a)

three years

b)

one million years

c)

two years

d)

five million years

3.

Many events occurred in the middle of a process of economic

and social modernization driven...

a)

increased the violence

b)

only the war

c)

by rice production and gold

d)

by coffee production and

exploitation of oil.

4.

What was the thousands days war?

a)

It was the war with Panama

b)

This war took thousands years

c)

This

confrontation was one of the bloodiest and it transformed the

politic, economy, and Colombian society.

d)

None of above

5.

The Thousand Days'

War took place in two stages:

a)

The war between the population and the government

b)

First stage

second stage

c)

the War of the Knights and the war of guerrillas (1900 - 1902), the Liberals

faced in small groups or guerrillas.

d)

There weren`t any stages in this war

6.

The economic crisis in the late nineteenth century...

a)

None of above

b)

People lost many jobs

c)

The crisis because there was a virus

d)

the price of coffee in the international market

decreased because of increased coffee production worldwide.

7.

After the war, the country did not have enough

money to resume construction of channel. Therefore, the US

government offered the country a sum of money to buy the land this event is related to....

a)

Separation of Panama

b)

Colombian borders were established

c)

separation of New Granada

d)

None

8.

Panama proclaimed its

independence on November 3

a)

1903

b)

1993

c)

2022

d)

2013

9.

Social problems began ...

a)

none

b)

because many residents of regions that belonged to

both parties had feelings of revenge

c)

because people didn`t like the violence

d)

because there were social groups