Temperature and insect growth

The body temperature of an insect varies according to the temperature of its surroundings. This is why insects grow more quickly in summer and more slowly in autumn and winter. Each species has its own…

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A 'pronunciamiento' is a rebellion or coup by one faction of the army. It is usually led by someone in high command and carried out in order to replace one government with another. Although…

Carlism

People of Alava: the day has finally arrived when liberal disloyalty must be banished from Spain forever. (...) Its condemnation of our Holy God; the freedom of thought; immorality; revenge; theft;…

War on free trade

Today's free traders threaten to leave us all idle, opening doors to foreign goods. So we who pay today, who produce, declare that we ask only to live from our work. If grain, fabric, cloth, come…

Match. 19th century artists and works

Match each artist with the correct artistic style: Delacroix Van Gogh Canova Courbet Il Canaletto Gaudí Renoir Friedrich

Check. Francoism: a military dictatorship

Remember what you have studied in this section and answer the questions: Describe the characteristics of Franco’s regime: laws, civil rights. Which sectors of society supported the regime? How did…

The age of developmentalism (1957-1973)

In the 1950s, the failure of the policy of autarky, the international recognition of Francoism and the growing signs of popular discontent all persuaded the regime that a political and economic…

Spain on the international stage

4.1. Spain in the EEC Spain applied to join the European Economic Community (EEC) during Adolfo Suárez's term of office. EEC membership required a thorough economic, legislative and social…

Libertad y responsabilidad

Libertad y responsabilidad Construir nuestra identidad

De la moral a la ética