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A1 - A bit of history

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    Spanish history
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, people could join (unirse a, afilirse a) any trade union (sindicato) they wanted.
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Today, people in Spain can participate in peaceful demonstrations (manifestaciones).
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, we could criticise the government in newspapers.
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Today, people can join political parties without restrictions (las personas pueden afiliarse a partidos políticos sin restricciones).
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, people in Spain had religious freedom.
    False!
  •  15
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Today, divorce is legal.
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, all adults in Spain could vote in free elections.
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, languages like Galician, Basque or Catalan were used freely in official documents.
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, people could travel abroad easily and without permission (la gente podía viajar al extranjero fácilmente sin permiso).
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Today, people can create clubs or associations without government approval (sin la aprobación del gobierno).
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1981, the Xunta de Galicia didn't exist. (Antes de 1981, la Xunta de Galicia no existía.)
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1981, marriage was forever, even in cases of violence. (El matrimonio era para toda la vida, incluso en casos de violencia.)
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, we could go to a synanogue or a mosque freely. (Podíamos ir a una sinanoga o mezquita libremente.)
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, protests were illegal.
    True!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, if I left my husband, I kept the custody of my children. (Si yo dejaba a mi marido, mantenía la custodia de mis hijos.)
    False!
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: Before 1978, a woman opened bank accounts or worked without her husband's permission (sin el permiso de su marido).
    False!
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