Berlin Wall

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 year was the Berlin Wall built?

• 1969

• 1956

• 1961

• 1962

What was the Berlin Airlift?

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

What type of people were leaving East Germany?

• Skilled workers
• Unskilled workers
• West Germans
• Teachers

Why had Khrushchev cancelled the Paris Summit?

• Shooting down of U-2 spy plane

• CIA actions in Eastern Europe

• Uprising in Yugoslavia led by Tito

• Refusal to negotiate with President Kennedy

What country had control over the government of East Germany?      

• Soviet Union
• China 
• Poland 
• Hungary

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

• Monarchy 
• Democratic
• Fascist
• Communist 

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

• True
• False

Why did East Berlinians often decide to move to West Berlin?

• Free healthcare

• Better pay and more economic and personal freedom

• It had a better landscape

• Free education

What type of government were the people trying to escape?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Fascist

• Communism