Campaña electoral

En plena campaña electoral se perdió un niño en el bosque y a un asesor político se le ocurrió que su candidato debía encontrarlo para ganarse los votos indecisos. Los demás aspirantes, al conocer la noticia, le imitaron. Por suerte el niño apareció a los pocos días; los candidatos, no.

Nicolás Jarque, Campaña electoral.

Truco casero

—Sumérgela cuanto antes en un balde de agua fría y después frota la mancha con sal —me dijo mi madre.

Y tenía razón, no quedó ni rastro de sangre en la camisa de mi esposo. Lo que no supo decirme es cómo arreglar el agujero que tiene en el pecho.

Margarita del Brezo, Truco casero.

Prácticas

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"La República se hará temer… A nosotros no nos asusta ninguna audacia… Se ha acabado el tener contemplaciones… Aplastaremos al enemigo e iremos a buscarlo… Cabalgaremos y al galope para pasar por encima… Cuando se trata de fascismo yo no he de quedar al margen de esa lucha y os digo que, contra el fascismo, el Gobierno es un beligerante más."

Santiago Casares Quiroga, Discurso parlamentario (19 de mayo de 1936).

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Fachada de la Sacra Capilla del Salvador (Úbeda)

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Pedro Roldán: Entierro de Cristo (Hospital de la Caridad, Sevilla)

Esto no es un país, es un rebaño

—Siento indiferencia —dijo clavando la vista en la hierba.

—¿Indiferencia? Yo creo que es más complejo borreguil. Comportarse como miembro de un manso y servil rebaño tiene consecuencias: que te traten como a una oveja —dije rascándome la oreja.

—Es que soy una oveja.

—Y yo, un perro, ¿y qué...?

Olga, Esto no es un país, es un rebaño.

Cenicienta

Al dar las doce, Cenicienta huyó del salón.

La carroza no la esperaba. Corrió saltando de gozo con la certeza de que el príncipe la encontraría.

No se dio cuenta cuando perdió la zapatilla de cristal, ni de que lo hizo junto al contenedor desbordante, rodeado de vidrio para reciclar.

Georges, Cenicienta.

4º CC.SS. - TEMA 11

Tema 11

Memoria de España - ¡Franco, Franco, Franco!

4º CC.SS. - TEMA 10 - Pictures

4º CC.SS. - TEMA 10 - Review

Join words with definitions
a) All-India Muslim League
b) ANZUS
c) Berlin Wall
d) Civil Rights Act
e) COMECON
f) Cultural Revolution
g) De-Stalinisation
h) ECSC
i) FLN
j) German Democratic Republic
k) Indian National Congress
l) Marshall Plan
m) NATO
n) Palestine Liberation Organisation
o) Red telephone
p) SEATO
q) Third World
r) Truman Doctrine
s) Zhdanov Doctrine



Answers:
• Council that fixed the economic principles for its state members.
• Anti-communist alliance created in 1954.
• European recovery programme.
• Process to fight the abuse of power of cult of personality.
• Military organisation headed by the USA.
• League that defended the interests of the Muslim population.
• Community instituted by the Treaty of Paris.
• It made people leave their traditional ways of life.
• Organisation established in order to create an independent state in Palestine.
• Algerian nationalist organisation.
• Communist state founded by the Soviets.
• Help to those countries which felt threatened by the USA and wanted to fight their imperialism.
• Nationalist party that defended the independence of the India.
• System that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the USSR.
• Alliance founded between Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.
• Barrier that divided Berlin.
• Law that abolished all discrimination in the USA.
• Non-aligned countries.
• Economic aid for those countries which were in danger of being controlled by the communists.

4º CC.SS. - TEMA 10 - Review

22. Which Asian countries became communist?
  a. China, North Korea and Vietnam.
  b. Taiwan and Japan.
  c. Both answers are correct.
23. What was the Blockade of Berlin?
  a. The USSR cut all the contacts with West Berlin.
  b. The USA cut all the contacts with East Berlin.
  c. None of them.
24. What is the official status of the Korean War?
  a. There is a peace.
  b. There is an armistice.
  c. None of them.
25. Why was the Berlin Wall built?
  a. The inhabitants of West Berlin took advantage of the situation in order to cross the border to East Berlin.
  b. The inhabitants of East Berlin took advantage of the situation in order to cross the border to West Berlin.
  c. Both answers are correct.
26. Why did the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba?
  a. In 1961 Kennedy tried to depose Castro.
  b. After Bay of Pigs, Castro strengthened his communist reforms on the island.
  c. Both answers are correct.
27. Why was the USA so worried about soviet missiles?
  a. Soviet military bases were very close to the USA.
  b. Soviet missiles were very inaccurate.
  c. None of them are correct.
28. What was the Viet Cong?
  a. A North Vietnamese party.
  b. A South Vietnamese party.
  c. None of them.
29. How many American soldiers were killed?
  a. 533,000.
  b. 3,000
  c. 58,000.
30. Why did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
  a. In order to support the communist government.
  b. In order to depose the Taliban government.
  c. None of them.
31. What was Gorbachev's policy of Perestroika?
  a. Reforms in order to modernise the communist system.
  b. The facilitation of tense relations.
  c. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from the Soviet standard policy.
32. Who was Ho Chi Minh?
  a. He founded the Viet Minh.
  b. He created the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  c. Both answers are correct.
33. How did Algeria get independence?
  a. Peacefully.
  b. Violently.
  c. None of them.
34. Why is Gibraltar a colony?
  a. It is still controlled by the USA.
  b. It is still controlled by Great Britain.
  c. Gibraltar is not a colony.
35. What political problems did independent nations face as a result of European colonial rule?
  a. Most of the boundaries were traced without any tribal respect.
  b. These countries did not have well-prepared politicians.
  c. Both answers are correct.

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