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WorksheetsCold War - Berlin Crisis 1956-61
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many refugees had fled East Germany by 1958?
a)
3 million
b)
2 million
c)
1 million
d)
4 million
2.
What was the phrase used to describe the loss of skilled workers from East Germany to West Germany?
a)
Brain Drain
b)
Brain Leak
c)
Drain of People
d)
Mass exit
3.
What was the name of Khrushchev's demand that the Soviets should have all of Berlin?
a)
Berlin Ultimatum
b)
Berlin Blockade
c)
The Demand
d)
Khrushchev's Doctrine
4.
When was the Geneva Summit? Month and Year
a)
May 1959
b)
May 1960
c)
August 1961
d)
May 1954
5.
At Camp David in September 1959 what did Khrushchev agree to do?
a)
withdraw the Berlin Ultimatum
b)
bomb USA
c)
end Cold War
d)
share weapons
6.
What was shot down during the Paris summit meeting of May 1960 which destroyed any chance of talks being successful between the two superpowers?
a)
American U-2 spy-plane
b)
USA bombs
c)
Khrushchev's secret satelitte
d)
Berlin airdrops
7.
Who became America's new President in January 1961? (just surname)
a)
Kennedy
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Truman
d)
Nixon
8.
When was the Vienna Summit? Month and Year
a)
June 1961
b)
1954-06-01 00:00:00
c)
1949-06-01 00:00:00
d)
1969-06-01 00:00:00
9.
How did the relationship change between JFK and Khrushchev after the Vienna Summitt?
a)
Worsen
b)
Improved
c)
Allied
d)
war declared
10.
After Vienna, how much did Kennedy increase spending on the American military?
a)
$2 billion
b)
None
c)
$17 billion
d)
$100 million
11.
How many refugees crossed the border from East Germany to West Germany on one day in August 1961?
a)
40000
b)
None
c)
100
d)
1.2 million
12.
Who was the leader of East Germany at the time?
a)
Walter Ulbricht
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Gustav Stresemann
d)
Khrushchev
13.
Before the Berlin Wall, what was initially built to separate East and West Germany?
a)
barbed wire fence
b)
Concrete
c)
bricks
d)
mines
14.
When did the Berlin Wall start its first stage of construction?
a)
1961
b)
1962
c)
1975
d)
1968
15.
How long was the Berlin Wall the Soviets built by the time it was completed?
a)
165km
b)
100km
c)
12km
d)
499km
16.
The Berlin Wall had produced a physical manifestation of what early Cold War idea?
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Dollar Imperialism
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Arms Race
17.
A wall was better than 'what' according to JFK?
a)
War
b)
Friendship
c)
Union
d)
Talking
18.
What happened to tensions between East and West after the wall was built?
a)
Decrease
b)
Increased
c)
Started War
d)
Became Allies
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