Berlin Wall/Cold War/ Space Race

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 was the area of land between the two walls?

• The strip of land
• The death strip
• death land

What was the Berlin Airlift?

• Supplying food and goods to Berlin
• Taking people from East Berlin to West Berlin
• Dropping of bombs on Berlin

Which side of the wall is covered in graffiti? 

• West
• East
• Both
• Neither