1. When did the Contemporary Age begin and end?

(Year and event)

2. Complete:
a) Most people worked in the countryside in the past. Nowadays, most people work
in
b) Nowadays, most people live a long time. Most people in the past.
c) Most children didnt have an education in the past. Nowadays,
d)Nowadays, most people travel by car. Most people in the past.

3. Name some important inventions (in industry, transport, communication, medicine,

etc.) from the Contemporary Age:

4. What happened in 1808 between the French and the Spanish?

5. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

6. The name of the first Spanish Constitution was:

It was approved in the year:
Did the Constitution give everyone in Spain the right to vote? Explain.

7. Choose the right date for each of these events:

1812 1874 1808 1873 1833
a) The French invaded Spain:
b) Isabel II became queen:
c) The First Spanish Republic was declared:
d) Monarchy was restored when Alfonso XII became king:
e) The Spanish Parliament wrote the first Constitution

8. Who led a military takeover in 1923? When did his dictatorship end?

9. When did the Republicans win the elections? Did they keep the monarchy?

10. When did the Second Spanish Republic end and why?

11. Beginning and ending of the Civil War:

12. Who was the leader of the Nationalists?

13. When did the dictatorship end and why?

14. What happened during the transition?

15. Year of the first democratic elections since 1936. Who won?

16. When was the Constitution approved?

17. What is the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy?