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FROM RESTORATION TO DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

¿Qué es la Pepa?

a)

La Constitución de 1812

b)

La Constitución de 1837

c)

La Constitución de 1845

d)

La hermana de Napoleón

e)

La Constitución de 1869

2.

What is the name of the two regent (regentes) who ruled in Spain until their heir (sucesor) were old enough to reign?

a)

Isabel

b)

María Cristina

c)

María Antonia

d)

Eustaquia

3.

What is the correct date of the Bourbon Restoration?

a)

1874

b)

1868

c)

1820

d)

1812

4.

María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena (choose three)

a)

Alfonso XII's wife

b)

Alfonso XIII's mother.

c)

Was regent during Alfonso XIII's childhood (1885-1902)

d)

Was regent during Alfonso XII's childhood (1885-1902)

5.

What was the "turno pacífico"?

a)

A group of peaceful people

b)

A system of rotation of power during Bourbon Restoration

c)

A game

d)

A rubik's cube algorithm

6.

When did Alfonso XII reign start?

a)

1868

b)

1999.

c)

1808.

d)

1874.

7.

In what system of government there is no king?

a)

Absolut Monarchy

b)

Constitucional Monarchy

c)

parliamentary monarchy

d)

Republic

8.

Cuba's insurrection... (choose all that are correct).

a)

started in 1895

b)

ended with it's independence in 1898

c)

was supported by EEUU

d)

EEUU accused Spain of sinking Maine ship in 1898

9.

In 1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera led a coup and proclaimed a...

a)

constitutional monarchy

b)

military dictatorship

c)

democracy

10.

In the Treaty of Paris Spain signed the independence of:

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Gibraltar

d)

Filipinas

11.

The three main problems Alfonso XIII had during his monarchy were...

a)

strikes, nationalism and labour unions.

b)

strikes, nationalism and Independence in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

c)

strikes, nationalism and the war in Morocco.

12.

How old was Alfonso XIII when he became king of Spain?

a)

12

b)

3

c)

27

d)

16

13.

Who was king of Spain at the beginning of the XXth century?

a)

Primo de Rivera

b)

Alfonso XIII

c)

Alfonso XII

d)

Isabel II

14.

Who was the president of the Second Republic?

a)

Antonio Tejero

b)

Manuel Azaña

c)

Adolfo Suárez

d)

General Primo de Rivera

15.

The second Republic implemented some reforms on

a)

education, labour and lands.

b)

lands and war.

c)

labour, education, lands and labour unions.

16.

The election in 1931 were won by

a)

The supporters of the King.

b)

The supporters of the Republic

c)

The suppporters of Primo de Rivera.

17.

What form of government was implemented after the Restoration ended in 1931?

a)

Absolute monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Republic

18.

Primo de Rivera suspended the constitution and established a...

a)

Republic

b)

Absolute Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

19.

During the Second Republic...

a)

Public schools were establised

b)

Church lost control of Education

c)

Lands were taken from owners and given to the farmers

d)

Women could vote

20.

When did the Spanish civil war happened?

a)

From 1935 to 1939

b)

From 1936 to 1940

c)

From 1939 to 1945

d)

From 1936 to 1939

21.

What were the two groups in the Spanish Civil War?

a)

The Conservatives and the Liberals

b)

The Nationalists and the Francophiles

c)

The Liberals and The Republicans

d)

The Republicans and the Nationalists

22.

Which side won the Spanish Civil War?

a)

The Republicans

b)

The Nationalists

c)

The Liberals

d)

The Conservatives

23.

Some of the consequences of the Civil War were

a)

A) Hundreds of people died; many went to exile and society was divided into losers and winners.

b)

B) There was hunger because infraestructures and industries had been destroyed and it lead to a great economic crisis.

c)

Both are correct.

d)

None of them are correct.

24.

Who was in charge during the dictatorship in 1939?

a)

General Primo de Rivera

b)

General Francisco Franco

c)

Alfonso XIII

d)

Juan Carlos I

25.

In a military dictatorship...

a)

all the power lies in one person.

b)

the army leads the country.

c)

the King leads the country.

26.

How do we call the period of time from the end of the Dictatorship and the Constitution voting?

a)

Transition

b)

Translation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Transparent

27.

In 1975 ...

a)

Spain became a totalitary state

b)

General Franco died and King Juan Carlos I became Head of State

c)

The Constitution was approved by referendum

d)

The first free elections en forty years were held.

28.

In 1978 ...

a)

The Constitution was approved by the citizens in a referendum.

b)

The first free elections in forty years were held.

c)

Franco died.

d)

King Juan Carlos I became Head of State

29.

What is an autarky?

a)

A society where everything is automatic.

b)

An economic policy of self sufficiency.

c)

An economic crisis.

d)

A new law.

30.

What is the definition of dictatorship?

a)

None of these.

b)

A dictatorship allows you to vote for whoever you want to rule the country.

c)

A dictatorship gives you freedom to do whatever you want.

d)

form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations

31.

When did Franco's dictatorship start and end?-AP

a)

1939 and 1975

b)

From 1936 to Franco's death

c)

1936 and 1975

d)

From 1936 to 1974

32.

Under the reign of Juan Carlos Spain was a...

a)

Absolute monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

None of them.

33.

During Franco's Dictatorship _____________________________

a)

The press were unable to say what they wanted.

b)

The press had freedom of speech

c)

The press could only write about the king and queen.

d)

None of these.

34.

The first Prime Minister in Spain after the dictatorship was...

a)

Manuel Azaña

b)

Adolfo Suárez

c)

Felipe González

d)

Juan Carlos I

35.

What did Francisco Franco abolish? (abolish = prohibit)

a)

the Church

b)

the Dictatorship

c)

the Constitution

d)

Education

36.

The actual King of Spain is...

a)

Philip V

b)

Philip VI

c)

Philip VII

d)

Felipe IV

37.

What were restricted?

a)

regional dances

b)

regional cuisine

c)

regional traditions and languages

38.

What happened with the death of Franco?

a)

His son became the new dictator.

b)

The transition to democracy.

c)

There was another republic.

39.

What happened on 6th December 1978?

a)

A new king came to the throne.

b)

Francisco Franco died.

c)

Spanish citizens voted for a Constitution.

d)

There were democratic elections.