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Spanish History
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Undergraduate 3
02/16/2011

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Who was the first king? When did re rule?
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Felipe IV ; 1621-65
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Who reigned under felipe IV? king and queen...
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Carlos 2 and Maria Teresa
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what does the spanish flag look like?
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red on outsides, yellow inside with crown, crest, and 2 circular statues
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what does the flag of spain from 1931 - 1939 look like?
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red/yellow/green with chrest in the middle
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Which are the three largest antlantic rivers?
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Mino, Duero, Tajo
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What are the 4 medditerraean rivers?
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ebro, turia o guadalaviar, Jucar, Segura
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What is the highest mtn in Spain? Where is it located?
Definition
Teide 3.718m - canaries
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What is the 2nd and 3rd largest mtns in spain and where are they?
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Mulhacen - Sierra Nevada and Aneto Pirienos
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Which cities have more than 3 million people?
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Madrid and Barcelona
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Which cities have a million - 3 million residents?
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Valencia, Malaga, Sevilla
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Who was the last and current president of spain?
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Jose Luis Rodreiquez
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Who was the president from 1996-2004?
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Jose Maria Aznar
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Who was the 3rd last president from 82-96?
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Felipe Gonzalez
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Who was the 4th last president from 81-82?
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Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
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Who was the 5th president from 77-81?
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Aldolfo Suarez
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Who came to spain during the restoration?
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Antonio Canovas del Castillo
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What is the capital of Spain?
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Madrid
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Population of Spain?
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47 million
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Religion of spain?
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Catholic
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Member of euro union since?
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1986
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What countries does Spain border?
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Andora, France, Portugal, Morocco, Gilbratar
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How mountainous is spain?
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2nd most mountainous in europe
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What are the major seas on both sides?
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Medditerranean and Atlantic Ocean
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What are autonomous communities?
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territories that can give power to themselves and collect taxes
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What are the name of the tallest three mountains in spain?
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Teide, Mullaghen, Aneto
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What is a auto community?
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Cataluna
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What is an example of a province?
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Barna
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What is an example of a comarcas?
Definition
counties
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What is an example of a comarcas?
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counties
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What happened during the "reconquest"?
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took territory back from spanish king, muslims were in the penninsula
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Where is the crown of eragon from?
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Catalan
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What do 4 red bars on the flag represent?
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All aragon
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What did green colors on the flag represent?
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muslims
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What city is dense and is largely involved in industrialization in the north?
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Bilbao
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What is the 1 official language and 2 co official?
Definition
Spanish(official) catalan(co) east coast conly, bask(co) northwest coast
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What is the gypsy language?
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Calo
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What are the 2 main political parties?
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Psoe(demo) and PP(repub)
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Who is the current king of spain?
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Juan Carlos 1(military cheif)
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What is the salic law?
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no women can become queen
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What can't the royal family do?
Definition
can't sit on throne, they have limited power
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Who is at the top of the division of powers?
Definition
the king
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What the division of powers look like
Definition
king/constitution/ejectivo/legislativo/judicial(all under constitution)
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What does the senate do?
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Nothing, its useless
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Are judges appointed or elected?
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Appointed, for life
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When was the first international workingman association founded?
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1864
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When was the glorious revolution?
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1868
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