Cold War - Berlin Wall

Berlin is the capital of what European country?  

• France
• United Kingdom
• Denmark
• Germany

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  

• To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
• To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
• As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
• All of the above

What country had control over the government of East Germany?      

• Soviet Union
• China 
• Poland 
• Hungary

Around how many people left East Germany through the city of Berlin in the ten years prior to the wall being built? 

• 25,000
• 100,000
• 1 million
• 2 million

What type of government was it that people were trying to escape from?  

• Monarchy 
• Democratic
• Fascist
• Communist 

What year did East Germany first build the wall?    1945  1949  
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• 1974
• 1941
• 1951 
• 1961

True or false: East German guards in guard towers were told to shoot anyone they saw trying to escape over the wall.

• True
• False

What US President asked Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall?  

• Jimmy Carter
• George Bush
• Bill Clinton
• Ronald Reagan

Around what percentage of the East German population left the country prior to the wall being built?

• 3% 
• 5%
• 12%
• 20%

What happened on October 3, 1990?  

• Germany was officially reunited into a single country
• The Soviet Union collapsed    
• The wall was rebuilt to be wider, 
• higher, and stronger