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