Cold War - Berlin Wall

What country had control over the government of East Germany?      

• Soviet Union
• China 
• Poland 
• Hungary

What Was East Germany?

• A Satellite State To The Soviet Union

• A Puppet To The United States Of America

• A Failed Fascist Country

• A Puppet Of Britain

What Was East Germany Called

• German Reich

• German Democratic Republic

• Federal Republic of Germany

• Satellite State

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

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 people were leaving East Germany?

• Skilled workers
• Unskilled workers
• West Germans
• Teachers

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

• 3% 
• 5%
• 12%
• 20%

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

When was the Berlin Wall first built?

• Jan 1961

• Aug 1962

• Aug 1961

• Oct 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