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THE SPANISH TRANSITION QUIZ- RESULTS

1. - The Spanish transition was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state.(T) - The Spanish transition was the era when Spain moved from a liberal democratic state to a dictatorship (F) - The Spanish transition was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Antnio de Oliveira Salazar (F)

2. - The Spanish transition is usually said began with Francos death, on 20 November 1975 but there are different opinions about its end. Some people think it was marked by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 others say it was the failure of Antonio Tejero's attempted coup on 23 February 1981,and someothers think that the end of the proces was the electoral victory of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party(PSOE) on 28 October 1982.(T) - The Spanish transition is usually said began with the end of the Spanish Civil War and it finished in 1992 with the Olympic Games (F) - The Spanish transition is usually said began with Francos death, on 20 November 1975 and it finished on 23 February 1981, with Antonio Tejero attempted coup (F)

3. - The dictator had planned that Don Juan de Borbon would be the Spanish King and he had to follow the dictators plans (F) - The dictator had planned that Don Juan Carlos de Borbon would be the Spanish King and he had to follow the dictators plans (T) - The dictator didnt have planned anything about the future of Spain, after him. (F)

4. -The King began his reign without leaving the dictators legal system but in his speech at the Cortes (Parliament) he indicated his support for a transformation of the Spanish political system (T) -The King left the dictators legal system before he started his reign. (F) -The King didnt leave the dictators legal system

5. - The King chose Adolfo Suarez as a head of the government because he felt that Suarez would be able to develop a political reform (T) - The King chose Adolfo Suarez as a head of the government because he felt that Suarez would be able to continue the dictators system (F) - The King chose Torcuato Fernandez Miranda as a head of the government because he was the president of the Kingdom Council(F)

6. - Nowadays Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy (T) - Nowadays Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary government under a constitutional republic (F) - Nowadays Spain is a militar dictatorship(F)

7. - During the dictatorship hundreds of thousands of Spaniards went to some European countries for work. When they came back they brought a small sum of money but the most important was that they came back with new ideas, tastes and cultural habits. (T) - During the dictatoship, hundreds of thousands of Spaniards went to some European countries for work and they never could come back. (F) - During the dictatorship noone could go out from Spain. (F)

8. - In the 1960s and the early 1970s, the flow of European tourists to the "sunny Spain" and the migration of Spanish's workers produced social changes. The difference between new values and the law created tension between legal codes and reality.(T) - In the 1960s and the early 1970s,there were an important flow of European tourists to the "sunny Spain" and a migration of Spanish's workers but they didnt produce any social changes - During the dictatorship, no one could visit Spain or go out to Europe (F)

9. - La Movida was a militar coup during the Spanish transition (F) - La Movida was a countercultural movement that took place only in Madrid during the Spanish transition . It represented the resurrection of the economy in Spain and the emergence of a new Spanish identity It was characterized by freedom of expression, transgression of the taboos and a new spirit of freedom on the streets.(F) - Although the Movida was born in Madrid, it emerged in parallel in other Spanish urban centers, such as Barcelona, Bilbao and Vigo. (T)

10. - Before the Spanish transitiondominant Spanish social values were strongly conservative. Both public laws and church regulations enforced a set of social structures aimed at preserving the traditional role of the family, distant and formal relations between sexes, and controls over expression in the press, film, and the mass media, as well as over many other important social institutions (T) - Before the Spanish transition people felt really free and women and men had the same rights. (F) - Before the Spanish transition Spanish social values and attitudes were more modern tan after that process (F)

RESULTS: Question 1 % a b c Question 2 a b c Question 3 A B c Question 4 a b c Question 5 Question 6 100 a 0 b 0 c Question 7 82,1 a 0 b 17,9 c Question 8 50 a 46,4 b 3,6 c Question 9 71,4 a 17,9 b 10,7 c Question 10

89,3 7,1 3,6 74,1 3,7 22,1 67,9 14,3 17,9 10,7 42,9 46,4

a b c

85,7 a 7,1 b 7,1 c

89,3 10,7 0

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