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WorksheetsQuizizz - 19th century (9th)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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 (a) 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 (a) .
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 (a) , 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
It was not a side in the American civil war:
Confederate States
the Union
Mexico
In our country and in the United States of America slavery was abolished [...]
before the Independence
during the Independence
after the Independence
Slavery has not been abolished
The first cars in the modern sense, with an internal combustion engine and gasoline, are related to a German inventor and his wife surnamed:
Ford
Benz
Michelin
Tesla
'State' and 'Nation' are concepts that are sometimes used as synonyms, but they are not the same, because the first refers to the legal government and the legal structure, the second one refers to (_______) aspects
economic
language
cultural
physical
Increasing the money in circulation, while the quantity of products and production remain the same, produces [...]
more wealth (riqueza)
inflation
purchasing power [capacidad de compra]
profits [ganancias]
