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A) 1961 B) 1979 C) 1945 D) 1989
A) 1975 B) 2001 C) 1989 D) 1995
A) West Germany B) Russia C) East Germany D) United States
A) 1985 B) 1990 C) 2000 D) 1995
A) Bill Clinton B) George H.W. Bush C) John F. Kennedy D) Ronald Reagan
A) December 25 B) October 3 C) November 9 D) August 13
A) The Iron Curtain B) The Steel Barrier C) The Concrete Divide D) The Great Divide
A) South Berlin B) East Berlin C) North Berlin D) West Berlin
A) Checkpoint Delta B) Checkpoint Alpha C) Checkpoint Bravo D) Checkpoint Charlie
A) The Iron Curtain. B) The Great Divide. C) The Concrete Barrier. D) The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall).
A) The Great Divide. B) The Concrete Barrier. C) The Iron Curtain. D) The 'Wall of Shame'.
A) A communist state under Soviet control. B) A centrally planned socialist economy. C) A social market economy with a democratic parliamentary government. D) An autocratic regime.
A) "Wiederaufbau" (reconstruction). B) "Wirtschaftswunder". C) "Kapitalismus" (capitalism). D) "Sozialismus" (socialism).
A) "Republikflucht." B) "Wirtschaftswunder." C) "Blockade." D) "Unification."
A) 187,000 B) 182,000 C) 165,000 D) 331,000
A) Walter Ulbricht B) Mikhail Pervukhin C) Joseph Stalin D) Vyacheslav Molotov
A) 1 May 1953 B) 1 April 1952 C) 30 September 1954 D) 15 June 1951
A) Open borders for free movement B) Negotiate with Western powers C) Build up their border defenses and consider the demarcation line a dangerous border D) Remove all border defenses
A) No barriers were erected B) A barbed-wire fence C) Electric fences D) Concrete walls
A) 1961 B) 1955 C) 1956 D) 1953
A) 23 September 1959 B) 1 January 1958 C) 15 June 1956 D) 11 December 1957
A) 50% B) Well over 90% C) 75% D) 60%
A) 1960 B) 1949 C) 1955 D) 1951
A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Konrad Adenauer C) Yuri Andropov D) Walter Ulbricht
A) Better climate. B) Economic reasons. C) Political reasons. D) Family reunification.
A) 70.5% B) 61% C) 50% D) 75%
A) $5 billion to $6 billion B) $7 billion to $9 billion C) $10 billion to $12 billion D) $15 billion to $17 billion
A) $25 billion B) $20 billion C) $17 billion D) $10 billion
A) It was not particularly useful. B) It caused economic instability. C) It resulted in international sanctions. D) It led to increased hostility in West Germany.
A) Walter Ulbricht B) John F. Kennedy C) James Reston D) Nikita Khrushchev
A) During a press conference on 15 June 1961 B) In Berlin at a government office C) At a garden party in Döllnsee D) At the Vienna summit
A) Families were reunited across the sectors. B) Many families were split apart. C) The Wall had no significant impact on family structures. D) Family reunifications became easier due to new policies.
A) Secretary of State Dean Rusk. B) President Kennedy. C) Mayor Willy Brandt. D) The Soviet Union's leader.
A) DIA B) The National Security Agency C) CIA D) FBI
A) Tegel Airport B) Tempelhof Airport C) Schönefeld Airport D) Berlin Brandenburg Airport
A) 177 km (110 mi) B) 160 km (99 mi) C) 200 km (124 mi) D) 140 km (87 mi)
A) Eight meters wide B) No more than four meters wide C) Six meters wide D) Ten meters wide
A) 8 percent B) 58 percent C) 12 percent D) 25 percent
A) Something to Do with the Wall (1991) B) The Road to the Wall (1962) C) The American Sector (2020) D) Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
A) Winfried Freudenberg B) Peter Fechter C) Günter Litfin D) Chris Gueffroy
A) 24 percent B) Four percent C) Six percent D) 58 percent
A) Orders to capture and imprison defectors B) Instructions to let defectors escape C) Shoot-to-kill orders D) Shooting orders (Schießbefehl)
A) "Honecker muss weg!" (Honecker must go!). B) "Gorby, help us!" C) "Freiheit jetzt!" (Freedom now!). D) "Wir bleiben hier!" (We are staying here!).
A) Lübbenau/Spreewald B) Schönefeld (partially) C) Königs Wusterhausen D) Mittenwalde
A) Nachtbahnhöfe B) Geisterbahnhöfe C) Finsternisbahnhöfe D) Schattenbahnhöfe
A) ARD B) ProSieben C) RTL D) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
A) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern B) Brandenburg C) Saxony D) Thuringia
A) David Hasselhoff B) Bruce Springsteen C) Elton John D) David Bowie
A) Banksy B) Keith Haring C) Shepard Fairey D) Thierry Noir
A) 26 June 1963 B) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall C) January 1989 D) 12 June 1987
A) Elsner B) Liza Fox C) Veryl Goodnight D) Kremlingames
A) Driving a sports car through fortifications B) Jumping out of an apartment window C) A homemade natural gas-filled balloon crash D) Swimming across the Spree River
A) Nuthetal, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Oberkrämer B) Brandenburg an der Havel, Rathenow, Premnitz C) Potsdam, Werder (Havel), Schwielowsee D) Stahnsdorf, Kleinmachnow, Teltow
A) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) B) Escape from East Berlin (1962) C) Casino Royale (1967) D) Funeral in Berlin (1966)
A) Oranienburg B) Gransee C) Neuruppin D) Hohen Neuendorf
A) Sonnenallee (1999) B) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) C) Open The Wall (2014) D) The Tunnel (2001)
A) 6 percent B) 10 percent C) 58 percent D) 24 percent
A) Camel B) Crosby, Stills & Nash C) Sex Pistols D) Klein Orkest
A) Neutral international forces. B) Soviet military personnel. C) East German border guards. D) Western Allies themselves.
A) He announced a new album release. B) He criticized Western policies. C) He supported the East German government. D) He hoped that all barriers would be torn down.
A) 29 B) 19 C) 5 D) 70
A) Hinterland wall (inner wall) B) Reinforcement wall C) Outer wall D) Secondary barrier
A) B101 highway B) Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn C) B96 highway D) A10 autobahn
A) Luckenwalde B) Jüterbog C) Großbeeren D) Trebbin
A) Tony Blair B) Margaret Thatcher C) Theresa May D) Winston Churchill
A) New crossings opened after the 1972 agreements B) Friedrichstraße station C) Checkpoint Charlie D) Checkpoint Alpha
A) 25 percent B) 58 percent C) 8 percent D) 12 percent
A) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher B) U.S. President Ronald Reagan C) GDR Leader Erich Honecker D) U.S. President John F. Kennedy
A) 'Heroes' (1977) by David Bowie B) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols C) Stationary Traveller (1984) D) Once (1990) by Roy Harper
A) Ten percent B) Six percent C) 58 percent D) 24 percent
A) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) B) The Tunnel (2001) C) Sonnenallee (1999) D) Open The Wall (2014)
A) The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965) B) Night Crossing (1982) C) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981) D) Escape from East Berlin (1962)
A) Stationary Traveller by Camel B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie C) Chippin' Away D) 'Free' by Liza Fox (2013)
A) Conrad Schumann B) Thomas Krüger C) Günter Litfin D) Wolfgang Engels
A) Chippin' Away B) 'Heroes' C) Holidays in the Sun D) The Day the Wall Came Down
A) Bruce Springsteen B) David Hasselhoff C) Elton John D) Madonna
A) Ten percent B) 58 percent C) Six percent D) 24 percent
A) A Soviet citizen B) A Roman citizen C) A British citizen D) An American citizen
A) Conrad Schumann B) Günter Litfin C) Wolfgang Engels D) Thomas Krüger
A) Kurfürstendamm B) Alexanderplatz C) Friedrichstraße D) Potsdamer Platz
A) Camel B) Crosby, Stills & Nash C) Sex Pistols D) Klein Orkest
A) 12 June 1987 B) 26 June 1963 C) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall D) January 1989
A) Peter Fechter B) Winfried Freudenberg C) Günter Litfin D) Ida Siekmann
A) Over de muur B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie C) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols D) 'Berliners'
A) 50% B) 87% C) 74% D) 35%
A) Klein Orkest B) Camel C) Crosby, Stills & Nash D) Sex Pistols
A) U.S. President Ronald Reagan B) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher C) U.S. President John F. Kennedy D) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
A) Stasi B) West Berlin government C) East German Communist Party D) FDJ youth organization
A) Night Crossing (1982) B) The Innocent (1993) C) Bridge of Spies (2015) D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
A) The Tunnel (2001) B) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) C) Bridge of Spies (2015) D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
A) 'Lenin's Ladder' B) 'Stalin's Carpet' C) 'Hitler's Highway' D) 'Napoleon's Pathway'
A) Nauen B) Wustermark C) Falkensee D) Kleinmachnow
A) All citizens without restrictions. B) West Berliners. C) Elderly pensioners. D) Only artists and musicians. |