IAL Unit 5

When did Honecker come to power in East Germany?

• 1961

• 1971

• 1981

• 1985

What was the Basic Treaty of 1972?

• Part of Ostpolitik, or better relations between the GDR and FRG

• A worsening of relations between the GDR and FRG

• An agreement of economic loans between the GDR and FRG

• Part of the USSR's policy of Glasnost

Which of the following is NOT accurate about environmental / economic conditions in the GDR?

• Acid rain

• Industries relied on highly polluting brown coal

• Harmful carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emissions

• High investment in oil to run factories

What happened between 1983 and 1984 in the GDR?

• Monday demonstrations happened in churches

• Extensive loans were secured from the FRG

• Honecker started to relax his travel policies

• Reagan gave his 'tear down this wall speech'

Which of the following is accurate about the GDR's economy?

• The GDR produced high-quality consumer goods like the Trabant car

• The micro-chip technological project was a great success

• The GDR was the most successful economy in Eastern Europe

• GDR exports stabilised the country's debt

Which of the following happens first?

• Honecker starts to allow more travel to the FRG

• Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader

• Soviet military presence is reduced in the Eastern bloc

• Hungary opens its border with Austria

When does Gorbachev refuse to use force to stop free elections in Poland?

• May 1987

• May 1988

• May 1989

• October 1989

Identify the earliest event of 1989.

• Monday demonstrations begin

• Hungary opens its border with Austria

• Honecker declares the Berlin Wall will last another 50 years at least

• Protesters in the GDR reach the Stasi HQ and there is no military response

Where do post-prayer Monday Demonstrations become famous?

• Berlin

• Dresden

• Leipzig

• Thuringen

Why is 9 October seen as the 'beginning of the end' of the Berlin Wall?

• 10,000 riot in Dresden

• The SED announces anyone can travel west

• Hungary stops returning refugees to the GDR

• Demonstrators reach the Stasi HQ and there is no military response