Exercises on the Spanish Civil War: List of questions with answer key

A spanish civil war began in 1936 and lasted until 1939, the year in which it began to Second World War (1939-1945).

Therefore, answer the exercises on the Spanish Civil War that we have selected for you!

Exercises on the Spanish Civil War

1- The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that took place between:

a) monarchists and nationalists.
b) republicans and nationalists.
c) republicans and communists.
d) nationalists and imperialists.

2- What were the groups that fought on the battlefields during the Spanish Civil War?

a) Spanish Integralist Action and Popular Front.
b) Traditionalist Spanish Falange and Imperialist Front.
c) Popular Front and Traditionalist Spanish Falange.
d) Popular Front and National Liberation Alliance.

3- The objective of the Spanish Civil War was:

a) Government control.
b) The extinction of liberalism.
c) The expulsion of Protestants.
d) The reconquest of the colonies in America.

4- The Spanish Civil War began with:

a) an attack on the General Courts (Spanish parliament).
b) an attempted attack on the Spanish monarch.
c) an attack on the Royal Palace of Madrid.
d) an attempted coup d'état.

5- _________________ had the support of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

a) Popular Front
b) National Liberation Alliance
c) Traditionalist Spanish phalanx
d) Spanish Integralist Action

6- (Enem-MEC) The totalitarian regimes of the first half of the 20th century relied heavily on the mobilization of youth around the defense of grandiose ideas for the future of the nation. In these projects, young people should understand that there was only one person worthy of being loved and obeyed, and that was the leader. Such youth social movements contributed to the implantation and support of Nazism, in Germany, and Fascism, in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The performance of these youth movements was characterized by:

a) by sectarianism and the violent and radical way in which he faced opponents of the regime.
b) by proposals to raise awareness of the population about their rights as citizens.
c) for the promotion of a healthy way of life, which showed young people as examples to follow.
d) through dialogue, by organizing debates that opposed young idealists and old conservative leaders.
e) by populist political methods and the organization of mass rallies.

7- (UFRGS) The Spanish Civil War that began in 1936, the bloody translation of two Spains and the focal point of a tormented history, became the founding myth of the international struggle against fascism. Tick ​​the correct alternative on the topic.

a) Spain, which had never experienced a republican regime or the electoral victory of leftist regimes, observed in 1936 a coup d'état triggered by the communists. It was the beginning of the Civil War.
b) The totalitarian regimes of the time, such as Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany, preferred not to collaborating materially with the Spanish nationalist faction, fearing the reaction of the democracies spanish.
c) The Civil War ended with the victory of the nationalists over the republicans. The Francoist era was open. Red Spain, defeated. Left-wing militants, former republican combatants, were persecuted as part of the fierce repression of the “white terror”.
d) After the victory, General Francisco Franco proclaimed the Republic and extinguished the monarchy in the name of democracy. Universal suffrage was instituted, with the vote even extended to women and soldiers.
e) The Spanish nationalists, grouped in the Falange and supporters of fascist practices, after being defeated in the Civil War, left for other countries to publicize their causes.

8- (UFRGS 2011) A military coup in Spain, led by Francisco Franco and against the republican government, started a major conflict: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Consider the statements below about this war.

i. It had a strongly ideological and revolutionary character with the work of the International Brigades in support of the Republic.
II. It allowed Germany, through the Condor Legion, to test its weapons and tactics against the republicans.
III. She favored Francisco Franco, thanks to the “non-intervention” policy of England and France.

Which ones are correct?

a) I only.
b) III only.
c) Only I and II.
d) Only II and III.
e) I, II and III.

9- (Uece – adapted) The Spanish Civil War is considered by many authors as a “rehearsal for the Second World War”. Mark the alternative that correctly indicates this idea:

a) By experimenting with new weapons, in Spanish hands, both Americans and Soviets tested their military might in modern war strategies.
b) The Spanish political conflict, by putting liberals and anarchists side by side, attested to the possibility of uniting these groups against the expansion of the USSR.
c) The intervention of the Italian fascists and the German Nazis against the Spanish republican forces served as a test for the weapons that would be used against the allies.
d) General Franco's victory served to demonstrate the fragility of German weapons and diplomacy.
e) The adherence of the British to the side of the anarchists in the conflict was a clear demonstration of the United Kingdom against German intentions in Spain.

10- After the Spanish Civil War, the country lived a long period known as:

a) Nazism.
b) Francoism.
c) salazarism.
d) fascism.

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